2. A man who spins. [Obs.] Shak.
3. (Law)
Defn: An unmarried or single woman; — used in legal proceedings as a title, or addition to the surname. If a gentlewoman be termed a spinster, she may abate the writ. Coke.
4. A woman of evil life and character; — so called from being forced to spin in a house of correction. [Obs.]
SPINSTRESS
Spin"stress, n.
Defn: A woman who spins. T. Brown.
SPINSTRY
Spin"stry, n.
Defn: The business of one who spins; spinning. [Obs.] Milton.
SPINTHARISCOPE
Spin*thar"i*scope, n. [Gr. spinqari`s spark + -scope.]
Defn: A small instrument containing a minute particle of a radium compound mounted in front of a fluorescent screen and viewed with magnifying lenses. The tiny flashes produced by the continual bombardment of the screen by the a rays are thus rendered visible. — Spin*thar`i*scop"ic (#), a.