…a slender rounded rod with tapered ends used in hand spinning to twist and wind thread from a mass of wool or flax held on a distaff…
…(of a chair) with a back consisting of framed cylindrical bars…
…a narrow, elongated cell indicating the presence of a type of sarcoma…
…a predatory marine mollusc which has a shell that forms a long slender spiral with a narrow canal extending downwards from the aperture…
…having a circular cross section and tapering towards each end…
…a Eurasian shrub or small tree with slender toothed leaves and pink capsules containing bright orange seeds. Its hard timber was formerly used for making spindles…
