spindles
Thread-winding shafts
Spindles are slender rods that taper at each end.
The original spindle is a tool for spinning fiber into thread—the rod onto which twisted yarn winds.
From this come the thin turned posts in stair railings and chair backs.
In machinery, a spindle is a rotating shaft or axis.
As a verb, to spindle is to pierce paper on a spike for filing, hence the old instruction: Do not fold, spindle, or mutilate.
Small cylindrical thread holder
- distaffFiber-holding spinning tool
- whorlSpiral arrangement of ridges
- flyerPrinted advertisement sheet
- rovingMoving from place to place
fiber · yarn · thread · twist · ply · handspun · wool · cotton
Narrow vertical passage
- axleShaft for wheel rotation
- arborGarden trellis structure
- mandrelAxle for machining
- rodThin rigid stick
lathe · turning · rotation · bearing · chuck · cylinder · motor · drive
Railing support column
- banisterStairway handrail support
- balustradeRail supported by posts
- newelRailing's supporting post
- handrailBar for gripping on stairs
railing · stairway · turned · decorative · post · guardrail · landing · volute
Parent splitting into offspring
- mitoticOf cell division
- chromosomeDNA strand carrying genes
- microtubuleCylindrical cell structure protein
- centrioleMicrotubule-based division organizer
fiber · nucleus · anaphase · metaphase · proprioceptor · neuromuscular
bobbin
Small cylindrical thread holder
roving · fiber · yarn · thread · twist · ply · handspun · wool · cotton · silk
shaft
Narrow vertical passage
rod · lathe · turning · rotation · bearing · chuck · cylinder · motor · drive · tooling
baluster
Railing support column
- banisterStairway handrail support
- balustradeRail supported by posts
- newelRailing's supporting post
handrail · railing · stairway · turned · decorative · post · guardrail · landing · volute · woodturning
cell division
Parent splitting into offspring
- mitoticOf cell division
- chromosomeDNA strand carrying genes
- microtubuleCylindrical cell structure protein
centriole · fiber · nucleus · anaphase · metaphase · proprioceptor · neuromuscular
- Queen Annehighboy, lowboy, wingback chair, walnut veneer, japanning
- textilescotton, wool, silk, fabric, thread
- artifactspottery shards, knives, masks, pottery, antiquity
- machineryengine, machinery, industrial machinery, motors, engines
- woodworkingwoodworking, wood, saw, hammer, drill
- forest productslumber, timber, plywood sheets, hardwood, softwood
- sleep spindlesEEG bursts during light rest
- spindle poisonAgent disrupting fiber formation
- spindle attachment
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