From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
spinner
n 1: someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads) [syn:
spinster, thread maker]
2: board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow
that is spun to determine the next move in the game
3: fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Spinner \Spin"ner\ (sp[i^]n"n[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a
spinning machine.
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2. A spider. "Long-legged spinners." --Shak.
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3. (Zool.) A goatsucker; -- so called from the peculiar noise
it makes when darting through the air.
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4. (Zool.) A spinneret.
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Ring spinner, a machine for spinning, in which the twist,
given to the yarn by a revolving bobbin, is regulated by
the drag of a small metal loop which slides around a ring
encircling the bobbin, instead of by a throstle.
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