2. Verb. (third-person singular of spin) ¹
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Definition of Spins
1. spin [v] - See also: spin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spins
Literary usage of Spins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1891)
"... OF spins. " A mote dancing in a sunbeam—the sun has act—the mote is
gone—whither ?—into a brother's eye, perchance. Well, if he be a true brother, ..."
2. Elements of Dynamic: An Introduction to the Study of Motion and Rest in by William Kingdon Clifford (1887)
"MOMENTUM OF spins ABOUT FIXED POINT. We now consider a rigid body rotating about
a fixed point, and propose to calculate its moment of momentum in regard to ..."
3. The Normal Course in Reading: Alternate Second Reader : Progressive Readings by Emma J. Todd, William Bramwell Powell (1890)
"... A top spins on a box he spin Tom the A top spins. The tops spin. Tom spins
the tops. He spins the tops on a box. ..."
4. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"The name of "tent caterpillar" is, in fact, inappropriate for it, since it spins
but little and never makes a tent. It is closely allied, however, ..."
5. Transactions by National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association, Institution of Public Health Engineers (Great Britain) (1890)
"... spins«H Two THOUSAND YEARS AGO. When a spindle was first used for spinning is
unknown, but the spindle and distaff are mentioned in the earliest ..."
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