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A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.

the plant. -- Strawberry bush (Bot.), an American shrub (Euonymus Americanus), a kind of spindle tree having crimson pods and the seeds covered with a scarlet aril. -- Strawberry crab (Zoöl.), a small European spider crab (Eurynome aspera); -- so called because the back is covered with pink tubercles. -- Strawberry…

cover themselves from the fire of the place, in advancing the lines of approach. -- Tail spindle, the spindle of the tailstock of a turning lathe; -- called also dead spindle. -- To turn tail, to run away; to flee. Would she turn tail to the heron, and fly quite out another way; but all was to return in a higher pitc…

The center in the spindle of a turning lathe.

The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle.

the potter from a mass of clay revolving rapidly on a disk or table carried by a vertical spindle; a potter's wheel.

The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step.

f a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object. Fish torpedo, a spindle- shaped, or fish-shaped, self-propelling submarine torpedo. -- Spar torpedo, a canister or other vessel containing an explosive charge, and attached to the end of a long spar which projects from a ship or boat and is thru…

aid down as a rail. -- Tram pot (Milling), the step and support for the lower end of the spindle of a millstone.

e work or tool has a lateral motion back and forth; also, a drilling machine in which the spindle holder can be adjusted laterally.

e work or tool has a lateral motion back and forth; also, a drilling machine in which the spindle holder can be adjusted laterally.

A wheel, spindle, or the like; a trundle. [Obs.] The shaft the wheel, the wheel, the trendle turns. Sylvester.

sent other sides in given directions; to make to face otherwise; as, to turn a wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the head. Turn the adamantine spindle round. Milton. The monarch turns him to his royal guest. Pope.

enemy or a position is turned. Turning and boring mill, a kind of lathe having a vertical spindle and horizontal face plate, for turning and boring large work. -- Turning bridge. See the Note under Drawbridge. -- Turning engine, an engine lathe. -- Turning lathe, a lathe used by turners to shape their work. -- Turn…

ling question; to undo a riddle. Tennyson. Pray you, undo this button. Shak. She took the spindle, and undoing the thread gradually, measured it. Sir W. Scott.

. [Obs.] " He lay upright." Chaucer. Upright drill (Mach.), a drilling machine having the spindle vertical.

The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. See under Escapement.

A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached.

The fly of a spindle.

A spindle; a kind of reel; a winch.