Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SPIN, v.i.

1. To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; as, the woman knows how to spin. They neither know to spin, nor care to toil. – Prior.
2. To perform the act of drawing and twisting threads; as, a machine or jenny spins with great exactness.
3. To move round rapidly; to whirl; as, a top or a spindle.
4. To stream or issue in a thread or small current; as, blood spins from a vein. – Drayton.