Usually means: Weight for spinning thread, yarn.
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General (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. spindle whorl: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. spindle-whorl: Wordnik
  3. Spindle whorl: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Spindle-whorl: Encyclopedia

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  1. Spindle-whorl: Medical dictionary

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  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

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  1. spindle whorl, Spindle whorl: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wikipedia (Spindle whorl)

noun:  A spindle whorl is a weighted object fitted to a spindle to help maintain the spindle's speed of rotation while spinning yarn.


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