Webster's Dictionary 1913

8209

Spiniferous

Spi‐nif″er‐ous (?), a. [L. spinifer; spina thorn + ferre to produce.] Producing spines; bearing thorns or spines; thorny; spiny.

8210

Spinifex

Spin″i‐fex (?), n. [NL.; L. spina spine + facere to make.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of chiefly Australian grasses, the seeds of which bear an elastic spine. S. hirsutus (black grass) a...

8211

Spiniform

Spin″i‐form (?), a. Shaped like a spine.

8212

Spinigerous

Spi‐nig″er‐ous (?), a. [L. spiniger; spina spine + gerere to bear.] Bearing a spine or spines; thorn-bearing.

8213

Spininess

Spin″i‐ness (?), n. Quality of being spiny.

8214

Spink

Spink (spĭṉk), n. [Cf. dial. Sw. spink a kind of small bird, Gr. σπίγγοσ, and E. finch.] (Zoöl.) The chaffinch.

8215

Spinnaker

Spin″na‐ker (?), n.(Naut.) A large triangular sail set upon a boom, — used when running before the wind.

8216

Spinner

Spin″ner (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine.2. A spider. “Long-legged spinners.” Shak.3. (Zoöl.) A goatsucker; — so called from...

8217

Spinneret

Spin″ner‐et (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of the special jointed organs situated on the under side, and near the end, of the abdomen of spiders, by means of which they spin their webs. Mos...

8218

Spinnerule

Spin″ner‐ule (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of the numerous small spinning tubes on the spinnerets of spiders.

8219

Spinney

Spin″ney (?), n.; pl.Spinneys (�). Same as Spinny. T. Hughes.

8220

Spinning

Spin″ning (?), a. & n. from Spin.Spinning gland(Zoöl.), one of the glands which form the material for spinning the silk of silkworms and other larvæ. — Spinning house, formerly ...

8221

Spinny

Spin″ny (?), n.; pl.Spinnies (#). [OF. espinaye,espinoye, espinei, espanoi, F. épinaie, from L. spinetum a thicket of thorns, fr. spina a thorn. See Spine.] A small thicket or g...

8222

Spinny (2)

Spin″ny, a. [Cf. Spiny, a.] Thin and long; slim; slender.

8223

Spinose

Spi‐nose″ (?), a.[L. spinosus, from spina a thorn.] Full of spines; armed with thorns; thorny.

8224

Spinosity

Spi‐nos″i‐ty (?), n. The quality or state of being spiny or thorny; spininess.

8225

Spinous

Spi″nous (?), a. 1. Spinose; thorny.2. Having the form of a spine or thorn; spinelike.Spinous process of a vertebra(Anat.), the dorsal process of the neural arch of a vertebra; ...

8226

Spinozism

Spi‐no″zism (?), n. The form of Pantheism taught by Benedict Spinoza, that there is but one substance, or infinite essence, in the universe, of which the so-called material and ...

8227

Spinozist

Spi‐no″zist (?), n. A believer in Spinozism.

8228

Spinster

Spin″ster (?), n. [Spin + -ster.] 1. A woman who spins, or whose occupation is to spin.She spake to spinster to spin it out. Piers Plowman.The spinsters and the knitters in the ...

8229

Spinstress

Spin″stress (?), n. A woman who spins. T. Brown.

8230

Spinstry

Spin″stry (?), n. The business of one who spins; spinning. Milton.

8231

Spinthariscope

Spin‐thar″i‐scope (?), n. [Gr. σπινθαρίσ spark + -scope.] A small instrument containing a minute particle of a radium compound mounted in front of a fluorescent screen and viewe...

8232

Spinule

Spin″ule (?), n. [L. spinula, dim. of spina a spine: cf. F. spinule.] A minute spine. Dana.

8233

Spinulescent

Spin′u‐les″cent (?), a.(Bot.) Having small spines; somewhat thorny.

8234

Spinulose

{ Spin″u‐lose′ (?), Spin″u‐lous (?) }, a. [Cf. F. spinuleux.] Covered with small spines.

8235

Spiny

Spin″y (?), a. [From Spine.] 1. Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree.2. Like a spine in shape; slender. “Spiny grasshoppers sit chirping.” Chapman.3. Fig.: Abounding with di...