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Show TS N pulke appear fufficient part o .farnif ux'd his joint neck, and jpinal marro bruis'd Philips . The pin by w ic!l the thread is formed .and on which it is conglomerated . Bodies fibrous by moifture incorporate with othe "thread, cfpecially if thcrf: be a little wreathin SPI'NOL{S And the free maid matron that weav Do ufe to chant it A. Phil:ps On their thread wit In contempt Shakefpeare's Tavelfth Night Michael Cafiio That never fet a fquadron in the ficld Nor the divifion of a battle know as they gro More than a fpinfer Shakefpeare's Othells [In law.] The general term for a gir or maiden woman If a gentlewoma Repofe yourfelf, if thofe fpindle legs of your . will carry you to the next chair. Dryd, Span. Friar I "The marriage of one of our heirefles with a eminent courtier, gave us/pindle fhanks and cramps abate the writ Lord Coke I defire that a yearly annuity of twenty pound fhall be paid to Rebecca Dingley, of the city o Tatler Saift .#0 SPI'NDLE. @. . [from the noun.] T fhoot into a long {mall ftalk Another ill accident in drought is the fpindlin of the corn, which with us is rare, but in hotte 1% gountries commonj infomuch as the word cala mity was firft derive fro calamus whe corn could not get out of the ftalk th Bacon When the flowers begin to fpindle, all but on - or two of the biggeft, at each root, fhould b clean.sh data import.tsv out README nipped off Mortimer SPINDLESHA'NKED. adj. [ fpindl . Jhark.] Having {mall legs an Herlawyer is a little rivelled, /pindlefpanted gen . tleman Addifen PUNDLETREE. 7. /i [enonymus, Latin. Prickwood. A plant SPINE. 2. /. [ fpina, Latin. bone, The bac . The rapier entered his right fide, reaching with1n a finger's breadth of the fpine. Wifem. Surgery T.here are wh think the marro of a man /. Which in the Jpine, while he was living, ran When dead, the pith corrupted will becom A fnake, and hifs within the hollow tomb. Dryd Se1 NEL. 7./. A {ort of mineral. Spine ¢ ruby is ofa bright rofy red ; it is fofte than'the rock or balafs ruby Woodaw SPINE'T. 7. [ [efpinette, Fr.] A fmal harpfichord'; an inftrument with keys ‘When mifs delightgin her Jpinnet A fiddler may his fortune get Saift " SPI}H FEROUS. adj. [ fpina and fero, Lat. /_ Bearing thorns SPink. z /i A finch; a bird ant fharpens poefy, and grief adorn The fpink chaunts fweeteft in a hedge of ;horns (OPENNER. z. /. [from fpin. l".,-‘_VO.ne fkilled in fpinning Harte A pradifed fpinner thall fpin a pound of woo worth two fhilfings for fixpence Grannt be termed fpinffer Dublin, fpinfler, during her life the ma Ser'nstrY. 2 [ [from fpinfer. 'Th work of {pinning Spi'NY. adj. [ fpina, Latin.] Thorny briary; perplexed; difficult; troublefome The ficflt attempts are always imperfeé; muc more in fo difficult and fpiny an affair as fo nice fubjeét Digby SP1'RACLE n. /i [ fpiraculum, Latin.] breathing hole a vent a {mall aper ture Moft of thefe [piracles perpetually fend forth fire more or lefs Woodward Spi'RAL adj. [ fpirale Fr from fpira Lat.] Curve 5 winding ; circularly involved, like a {crew The procefs of the fibres in the ventricles, running in fpiral lines from the tip to the bafe of th heart, fhews that the fyftole of the heart is a mufcular conftri¢tion, as a purfe is fhut by drawin the ftrings contrary ways Ray Why earth or fun diurnal ftages keep In fpiral tralks why through the zodiack creep Blackmore The inteftinal tube affets a ftraight, inftead o a Jpiral, cylinder ! fhall in deftrutio Arbuthnot on Aliments Spr'RALLY. adw. [from fpiral.] In a {piral form The fides are compofed of two orders of fibres running circularly or fpirally from bafe to tip Ray on the Creation SPIRA'TION. n. /. [ fpiratio, Lat.] Breathing Se1'rE. . /o [ fpira, Lat. fpira, Ital. fpira Swedifh. 1. A curve line; any thing wreathed o contorted, every wreath being in a different plane ; a curl ; a twift; a wreath His hea Crefted aloft, and carbuncle his eyes With burnifh'd neck of verdant gold, ere Prior lie 3. The top or uppermoft point ce, tha en to file A"T'were no lefs ¢ han a traduce Which to tl‘.c_/‘] ¢ and top of praifes vnuch‘cfi Shakefpeare Would feem but moedeft bones ‘Bred tamely to the fpindle and the loom Thorn The fpinflers and the knitters in the fun Stepney i height, rods fet by them, left by their bendin Mortiner iz they fhould break [/p/'z/o/}u, Lat. SPI'NSTER. n. /. [from jpin. 1. A woman that {pins i wn .f':Forgot the fceptre the fo well had fway'd " And, with. that mildnefs fhe had rul'd, obey'd adj Inglorious chan full of thorns Refum'd her fema:e artsythe fpind/e and the clew . Any thing flender He cannot make one fpire of grafs more or 'lrziy Origin of Mankind than he hath md ambient fky Thefe poi lean notions, and cndlefs altercations about thing of nothing Glanville | §p Pallas from the dufty field withdrew ""And, when imperial Jove appear'd in view The fpindles muft be tied up, and Wich glift'ring fpires and pinnacles adorn'd Milton Fhilofophy confifted of nought but dry fpinsfities Falper Maine Mortimer SPINO'SITY. 7. /. [ fpinefus, Latin.] Crabbednefs 5 thorny or briary perplexity is not fo fatall A long {lender ftalk pyramid, fo called, perhaps, becaufe line drawn round and round in lefs an lefs circles would be a fpire ; a fteeple then ther fcalding s tied to the fpindle of abfolute reprobation, as no 3 to'dkeep his promife, and feal merciful pardons " 2. Any thing growing up taper ; a roun will come fome Jpinny grafs that will keep it fio On which the fate of gods and men is wound. Milton Do you take me for a Roma Gay . They plow it early in the year, an "YAnd turn the adamantine Jpind My Jpinning awheel and rak Le't Sufan keep for her dear fifter's fake Drydon t i t o n c e i [ o i n c t e f Ai t i w o c t r t i t u r t s r h f froal t t g l 1 i f p l e f m g l o l parti folid fubfance of the fpires being very fmallin proCheyne portion to the fpaces they take up Spi'NNv. adj. 1 fuppofe, [mall, flender A barbarous word as appeareth by the twifting of thread, and twirlBacon = :"ing about of [pindles the vital fheers ho th f th t Si Wi e roun Shakefp Srixwing Wheel. . /. [from fpin.] Th wheel by which, fince the difufe of th rock, the thread is drawn CprNDLE. 7 /- ]Erpmbl, rpmbdel, Saxon. " Upon a true repentance, Go Hence, you long-legg'd fpinners, hence Milton Floated redundant A dragon's fiery form belied the god Sublime on radiant fpires he rode Weaving fpiders come not here Defcending carclefs from his ccuch, the fal] Mo Amid® bis circling fpires, that on the graf i theArbutRamin )2 garde fpider wit lon jointe legs hnot \ or threads of the foli SBE S P 7o Sp1RE. w7 [from the notn. 1. To fhoot up pyramidically It is not fo apt to fpire up as the other forts, be ing more inclined to branch into arms 2. [ Jpiro, Latin. ufe Mortimer Not i Spenfer To breathe SPI'RIT. n.[ [ fpiritus, Lat. 1. Breath;; wind All purges have in them a raw fpirit or wind which is the principal caufe of tenfion in the fio Bacorr mach All bodies have fpirits and pneumatica part "The balmy fpirit of the weftern breeze Anon within them; but the main difference betwee animate and inanimate are, that the fpirits o things animate are all continued within themfelves and branched in veins as blood is ; and the fpirit have alfo certain feats where the principal do refide and whereunto the reft do refort: but the fpirirs i things inanimate are fhut in and cut oft by th tangible parts, as air in fnow. Bacon's Nat. Hiffory 2. [¢fprit, Fr.] An immaterial fubftance an intelle¢tual being Spirit is a fubftance wherein thinking, knowing doubting, and a power of moving, do fubfift Locke She is a fpirit 5 yet notlike air or wind Nor like the fpirits about the heart or brain Nor like thofe fpirits which alchymifts do find When they in ev'ry thing feck gold in vain For fhe all natures under heav'n doth pafs Being like thofe fpirits whichGod's bright face do fee Or like himfelf, whofe image once the was Though now, alas !' fhe fcarce his fhadow be For of all forms fhe holds the firft degree That are to grofs material bodies knit Yet {he herfelf is bodylefs and free And though confin'd is almoft infinite Dawies I fhall depend upon your conftant friendihip like the truft w hav in benevolent fpirits, who though we never fee or hear them, we think ar conftantly praying for us Pope If ‘we feclude fpace, there will remain in th world but matter and mind, or body and Jpirit Watts's Logick You are all of you pure fpirits I don't mea that you have not bodies that want meatand drink and fleep and cloathing; but that all that deferve to be called you, is nothing elfe but fpirit. . Law 3. The foul of man The fpirit thall return unto God that gave it. Bib Look, who comes here a grave unto a foul Holding th' eternak Jpiriz *gainft her wil In the vile prifon of affli¢ted breath. ShuK. Fobn Ever fpir.'r thing that you call _yours is but like your cloathing .befides thi fometime tha is only to be ufed for a while, and then to end, an Law die, and wear away 4. An apparition They were terrified, and fuppofed that they ha feen a fpirit Luke, xxivs 37 Pexhap |