spindle
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Thought to be made from a cattle femur, this decorated Anglo-Saxon spindle whorl, used to provide weight while spinning yarn, was unearthed from farmland near Bishopstone, Buckinghamshire.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026
One widely shared video shows a woman spinning yarn on a traditional hand spindle as a Kashmiri folk song plays in the background.
From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025
The process of dividing the sister chromatids over the cells is guided by the interaction between the centromeres and structures known as spindle microtubules.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2024
Then push the spindle against something hard to slide the motor assembly out the bottom.
From Seattle Times • May 2, 2024
Hollister pulled a piece of twine from a spindle attached to his counter while Emily rearranged more magnetic words.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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