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See also:REEL (O.E. hreol, glossed by the Med. See also:Lat. alibrum in .lelfric's Glossary, c. 1o5o; the word is of unknown origin; it does not appear in cognate See also:languages, and See also:Celtic forms such as Gaelic ruidhil are from See also:English) , a See also:cylinder or apparatus of cylindrical shape on which a See also:thread or See also:line can be See also:wound; e.g. the small wooden cylinder with projecting rims at either end on which sewing See also:cotton or See also:silk is wound for immediate use, the revolving " click-See also:reel " attached to a fishing-See also:rod, and the open revolving framework on which thread is wound as it is spun . The name of the Scottish See also:dance (Gaelic righil, ruithil) is probably the same word (see DANCE) . In See also:architecture, an ornamental moulding consisting of spherical-shaped bodies alternating with See also:flat reel-shaped disks placed on edge is known as a " See also:bead and reel" moulding . |
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