·noun Velocity of rotation about some specified axis.
II. Spin ·noun The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle.
III. Spin ·vi To move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, ·etc.
IV. Spin ·vi To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein.
V. Spin ·vt To Protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness.
VI. Spin ·vi To move round rapidly; to Whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis.
VII. Spin ·vt To cause to turn round rapidly; to Whirl; to Twirl; as, to spin a top.
VIII. Spin ·vt To draw out tediously; to form by a slow process, or by degrees; to extend to a great length;
— with out; as, to spin out large volumes on a subject.
IX. Spin ·vi To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; to make yarn or thread from fiber; as, the woman knows how to spin; a machine or jenny spins with great exactness.
X. Spin ·vt To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
XI. Spin ·vt To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material.
XII. Spin ·vt To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, or the like) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air;
— said of the spider, the silkworm, ·etc.