Read full poem →I purposed her: that should with even powers,
The rock, the spindle, and the shears control
Of Destiny, and spin her own free hours.
Dictionary Entry
(spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thr
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Common Phrases
. spindlecell spindlecells spindlewhorls spindlefibers spindlespindle musclespindle mitoticspindle vertical
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Poetry examples for “spindle”
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Read full poem →And sing to those that hold the vital shears, 65
And turn the adamantine spindle round
On which the fate of gods and men is wound.
Read full poem →Singing most joyfully,
Till the spindle drops from her hand,
And the whizzing wheel stands still.
Read full poem →Perchance she is sewing at tapestrie,
Spindle and loom are not meet for thee.
Read full poem →Perchance she is sewing at tapestrie,
Spindle and loom are not meet for thee.
Read full poem →As feckless as a wither'd rash,
His spindle shank a guid whip-lash,
His nieve a nit;
Read full poem →Ah then, what simile will suit?
Spindle-leg in great jack-boot? 20
Pismire crawling in a rut?