spinner

One that spins.

A fishing lure that rotates rapidly.

A fairing fitted over the hub of the propeller in some aircraft.

A device consisting of a dial and an arrow that is spun to indicate the next move in some board games.

A device for cleaning lettuce and other vegetables, consisting of a perforated bowl or container that can be spun to drive off rinse water.

One who or that which spins, in any sense; one skilled in spinning.

A spider; especially, a spinning-spider.

See the quotation.

A spinneret.

The night-jar or night-churr, Caprimulgus europæus: from its cries, which may be likened to the noise of a spinning-wheel. See cut under night-jar. Also wheel-bird. Compare reeler in like use for another bird.