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BrindleBrindle Brin"dle, n. [See Brindled.]
1. The state of being brindled.
2. A brindled color; also, that which is brindled. Brindle
Brindle Brin"dle, a.
Brindled.
Brindled
Brindled Brin"dled, a. [A dim. form of brinded.]
Having dark streaks or spots on a gray or tawny ground;
brinded. ``With a brindled lion played.' --Churchill.
Dead spindleSpindle Spin"dle, n. [AS. spinal, fr. spinnan to spin; akin to
D. spil, G. spille, spindel, OHG. spinnala. [root]170. See
Spin.]
1. The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by
which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted,
it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in
a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom.
2. A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as,
the spindle of a vane. Specifically:
(a) (Mach.) The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine
tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which
causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or
center, etc.
(b) (Mach.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a
grinding mill turns.
(c) (Founding) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is
formed.
3. The fusee of a watch.
4. A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
5. A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards;
in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
6. (Geom.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved
line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
7. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria;
-- called also spindle stromb.
(b) Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus.
Dead spindle (Mach.), a spindle in a machine tool that does
not revolve; the spindle of the tailstock of a lathe.
Live spindle (Mach.), the revolving spindle of a machine
tool; the spindle of the headstock of a turning lathe.
Spindle shell. (Zo["o]l.) See Spindle, 7. above.
Spindle side, the female side in descent; in the female
line; opposed to spear side. --Ld. Lytton. [R.] ``King
Lycaon, grandson, by the spindle side, of Oceanus.'
--Lowell.
Spindle tree (Bot.), any shrub or tree of the genus
Eunymus. The wood of E. Europ[ae]us was used for
spindles and skewers. See Prickwood. dead spindleTail Tail, n. [AS. t[ae]gel, t[ae]gl; akin to G. zagel, Icel.
tagl, Sw. tagel, Goth. tagl hair. [root]59.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior
appendage of an animal.
Note: The tail of mammals and reptiles contains a series of
movable vertebr[ae], and is covered with flesh and
hairs or scales like those of other parts of the body.
The tail of existing birds consists of several more or
less consolidated vertebr[ae] which supports a fanlike
group of quills to which the term tail is more
particularly applied. The tail of fishes consists of
the tapering hind portion of the body ending in a
caudal fin. The term tail is sometimes applied to the
entire abdomen of a crustacean or insect, and sometimes
to the terminal piece or pygidium alone.
2. Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles,
in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin.
Doretus writes a great praise of the distilled
waters of those tails that hang on willow trees.
--Harvey.
3. Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of
anything, -- as opposed to the head, or the superior
part.
The Lord will make thee the head, and not the tail.
--Deut.
xxviii. 13.
4. A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
``Ah,' said he, ``if you saw but the chief with his
tail on.' --Sir W.
Scott.
5. The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head,
effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in the
expression ``heads or tails,' employed when a coin is
thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its
fall.
6. (Anat.) The distal tendon of a muscle.
7. (Bot.) A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes.
It is formed of the permanent elongated style.
8. (Surg.)
(a) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end,
which does not go through the whole thickness of the
skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; --
called also tailing.
(b) One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by
splitting the bandage one or more times.
9. (Naut.) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which
it may be lashed to anything.
10. (Mus.) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly
upward or downward from the head; the stem. --Moore
(Encyc. of Music).
11. pl. Same as Tailing, 4.
12. (Arch.) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part,
as a slate or tile.
13. pl. (Mining) See Tailing, n., 5.
Tail beam. (Arch.) Same as Tailpiece.
Tail coverts (Zo["o]l.), the feathers which cover the bases
of the tail quills. They are sometimes much longer than
the quills, and form elegant plumes. Those above the
quills are called the upper tail coverts, and those
below, the under tail coverts.
Tail end, the latter end; the termination; as, the tail end
of a contest. [Colloq.]
Tail joist. (Arch.) Same as Tailpiece.
Tail of a comet (Astron.), a luminous train extending from
the nucleus or body, often to a great distance, and
usually in a direction opposite to the sun.
Tail of a gale (Naut.), the latter part of it, when the
wind has greatly abated. --Totten.
Tail of a lock (on a canal), the lower end, or entrance
into the lower pond.
Tail of the trenches (Fort.), the post where the besiegers
begin to break ground, and 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
pitch. --Sir P.
Sidney. Dwindle
Dwindle Dwin"dle, v. t.
1. To make less; to bring low.
Our drooping days are dwindled down to naught.
--Thomson.
2. To break; to disperse. [R.] --Clarendon.
Dwindle
Dwindle Dwin"dle, n.
The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy.
[R.] --Johnson.
DwindleDwindle Dwin"dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dwindled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Dwindling.] [From OE. dwinen to languish, waste away,
AS. dw[=i]nan; akin to LG. dwinen, D. dwijnen to vanish,
Icel. dv[=i]na to cease, dwindle, Sw. tvina; of uncertain
origin. The suffix -le, preceded by d excrescent after n, is
added to the root with a diminutive force.]
To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume
away; to become degenerate; to fall away.
Weary sennights nine times nine Shall he dwindle, peak
and pine. --Shak.
Religious societies, though begun with excellent
intentions, are said to have dwindled into factious
clubs. --Swift. DwindledDwindle Dwin"dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dwindled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Dwindling.] [From OE. dwinen to languish, waste away,
AS. dw[=i]nan; akin to LG. dwinen, D. dwijnen to vanish,
Icel. dv[=i]na to cease, dwindle, Sw. tvina; of uncertain
origin. The suffix -le, preceded by d excrescent after n, is
added to the root with a diminutive force.]
To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume
away; to become degenerate; to fall away.
Weary sennights nine times nine Shall he dwindle, peak
and pine. --Shak.
Religious societies, though begun with excellent
intentions, are said to have dwindled into factious
clubs. --Swift. Dwindlement
Dwindlement Dwin"dle*ment, n.
The act or process of dwindling; a dwindling. [R.] --Mrs.
Oliphant.
EnkindleEnkindle En*kin"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enkindled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Enkindling.]
1. To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle. --Shak.
2. To excite; to rouse into action; to incite.
To enkindle the enthusiasm of an artist. --Talfourd. EnkindledEnkindle En*kin"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enkindled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Enkindling.]
1. To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle. --Shak.
2. To excite; to rouse into action; to incite.
To enkindle the enthusiasm of an artist. --Talfourd. GrindleGrindle Grin"dle, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The bowfin; -- called also Johnny Grindle. [Local, U. S.] Grindle stone
Grindle stone Grin"dle stone"
A grindstone. [Obs.]
Grindlet
Grindlet Grind"let, n.
A small drain.
Hindleys screw
Hindleys screw Hind"ley"s screw` (Mech.)
A screw cut on a solid whose sides are arcs of the periphery
of a wheel into the teeth of which the screw is intended to
work. It is named from the person who first used the form.
Johnny GrindleBowfin Bow"fin`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A voracious ganoid fish (Amia calva) found in the fresh
waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also
Johnny Grindle, and dogfish. Johnny GrindleGrindle Grin"dle, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The bowfin; -- called also Johnny Grindle. [Local, U. S.] KindleKindle Kin"dle, v. t. & i. [OE. kindlen, cundlen. See Kind.]
To bring forth young. [Obs.] --Shak.
The poor beast had but lately kindled. --Holland. KindleKindle Kin`dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kindled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Kindling.] [Icel. kyndill candle, torch; prob. fr. L.
candela; cf. also Icel. kynda to kindle. Cf. Candle.]
1. To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to
cause to begin burning; to start; to light; as, to kindle
a match, or shavings.
His breath kindleth coals. --Job xii. 21.
2. Fig.: To inflame, as the passions; to rouse; to provoke;
to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; to
incite; as, to kindle anger or wrath; to kindle the flame
of love, or love into a flame.
So is a contentious man to kindle strife. --Prov.
xxvi. 21.
Nothing remains but that I kindle the boy thither.
--Shak.
Kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam.
--Milton.
Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.
--Dryden.
Syn: Enkindle; light; ignite; inflame; provoke; excite;
arouse; stir up. KindledKindle Kin`dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kindled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Kindling.] [Icel. kyndill candle, torch; prob. fr. L.
candela; cf. also Icel. kynda to kindle. Cf. Candle.]
1. To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to
cause to begin burning; to start; to light; as, to kindle
a match, or shavings.
His breath kindleth coals. --Job xii. 21.
2. Fig.: To inflame, as the passions; to rouse; to provoke;
to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; to
incite; as, to kindle anger or wrath; to kindle the flame
of love, or love into a flame.
So is a contentious man to kindle strife. --Prov.
xxvi. 21.
Nothing remains but that I kindle the boy thither.
--Shak.
Kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam.
--Milton.
Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.
--Dryden.
Syn: Enkindle; light; ignite; inflame; provoke; excite;
arouse; stir up. Kindler
Kindler Kin"dler, n.
One who, or that which, kindles, stirs up, or sets on fire.
``Kindlers of riot.' --Gay.
Kindless
Kindless Kind"less, a.
Destitute of kindness; unnatural.[Obs.] ``Kindless villain.'
--Shak.
Live spindleSpindle Spin"dle, n. [AS. spinal, fr. spinnan to spin; akin to
D. spil, G. spille, spindel, OHG. spinnala. [root]170. See
Spin.]
1. The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by
which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted,
it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in
a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom.
2. A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as,
the spindle of a vane. Specifically:
(a) (Mach.) The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine
tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which
causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or
center, etc.
(b) (Mach.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a
grinding mill turns.
(c) (Founding) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is
formed.
3. The fusee of a watch.
4. A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
5. A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards;
in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
6. (Geom.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved
line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
7. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria;
-- called also spindle stromb.
(b) Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus.
Dead spindle (Mach.), a spindle in a machine tool that does
not revolve; the spindle of the tailstock of a lathe.
Live spindle (Mach.), the revolving spindle of a machine
tool; the spindle of the headstock of a turning lathe.
Spindle shell. (Zo["o]l.) See Spindle, 7. above.
Spindle side, the female side in descent; in the female
line; opposed to spear side. --Ld. Lytton. [R.] ``King
Lycaon, grandson, by the spindle side, of Oceanus.'
--Lowell.
Spindle tree (Bot.), any shrub or tree of the genus
Eunymus. The wood of E. Europ[ae]us was used for
spindles and skewers. See Prickwood. Mindless
Mindless Mind"less, a.
1. Not indued with mind or intellectual powers; stupid;
unthinking.
2. Unmindful; inattentive; heedless; careless.
Cursed Athens, mindless of thy worth. --Shak.
Miskindle
Miskindle Mis*kin"dle, v. t.
To kindle amiss; to inflame to a bad purpose; to excite
wrongly.
Parabolic spindleParabolic Par`a*bol"ic, Parabolical Par`a*bol"ic*al, a. [Gr.
paraboliko`s figurative: cf. F. parabolique. See Parable.]
1. Of the nature of a parable; expressed by a parable or
figure; allegorical; as, parabolical instruction.
2. [From Parabola.] (Geom.)
(a) Having the form or nature of a parabola; pertaining
to, or resembling, a parabola; as, a parabolic curve.
(b) Generated by the revolution of a parabola, or by a
line that moves on a parabola as a directing curve;
as, a parabolic conoid.
Parabolic conoid, a paraboloid; a conoid whose directing
curve is a parabola. See Conoid.
Parabolic mirror (Opt.), a mirror having a paraboloidal
surface which gives for parallel rays (as those from very
distant objects) images free from aberration. It is used
in reflecting telescopes.
Parabolic spindle, the solid generated by revolving the
portion of a parabola cut off by a line drawn at right
angles to the axis of the curve, about that line as an
axis.
Parabolic spiral, a spiral curve conceived to be formed by
the periphery of a semiparabola when its axis is wrapped
about a circle; also, any other spiral curve having an
analogy to the parabola. Rindless
Rindless Rind"less (r[imac]nd"l[e^]s), a.
Destitute of a rind.
Self-kindled
Self-kindled Self`-kin"dled, a.
Kindled of itself, or without extraneous aid or power.
--Dryden.
ShindleShindle Shin"dle, n. [See 2d Shingle.]
A shingle; also, a slate for roofing. [Obs.] --Holland.
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October 2012. García Mon**** (12 July 2012). "Escritores de la Generación K(
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October 2012. Que Leer (4 July 2012)...
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regular nouns: îGóli, 'Johannesburg' → êGóli, 'in Johannesburg'
îndlé, 'the wild' → êndlé, 'in the wild' îkhânda, 'head' → êkhânda, 'on the head'...
