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Spool

noun

A winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound. Synonyms: bobbin, reel.

verb

(past & past part. spooled; pres. part. spooling)

Transfer data intended for a peripheral device (usually a printer) into temporary storage.

Wind onto a spool or a reel.

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"Spool" Quotes from Famous Books

... of water. When the wind ruffles the surface, it is impossible to see the holes, but on calm days we waded knee-deep in the clear water, stepping carefully and peering intently for the homes of the sea-centipede. Finding one, we cautiously lowered into the hole a spool fitted ...

— White Shadows in the South Seas • Frederick O'Brien

... it rushes through, imparts to it mechanical power. The shaft set in motion by means of this mechanical power is, in turn, belted to the pulley of a dynamo. This dynamo consists, first, of a shaft on which is placed a spool, wound in a curious way, with many turns of insulated copper wire. This spool revolves freely in an air space surrounded by electric magnets. The spool does not touch these magnets. It is so nicely balanced that the weight of a finger will turn it. Yet, when it is revolved by water-power ...

— Electricity for the farm - Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water - wheel or farm engine • Frederick Irving Anderson

... Spool, and spring Upon the Swift Elusive String, Thus you learn to catch the wary ...

— The Kitten's Garden of Verses • Oliver Herford

... gasped, as they rolled down past Forty-seventh Street. "Oh, look at the kitten chasing the spool, all in ...

— Blue-grass and Broadway • Maria Thompson Daviess

... left the needle, The spool and rock, and made them fortune-tellers; They wrought their magic spells with herb ...

— Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Hell • Dante Alighieri

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