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What is the noun for spindly?

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spindle
  1. (spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
  2. A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
  3. A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.
  4. Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
  5. An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.
  6. The fusee of a watch.
  7. A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
  8. A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
  9. (geometry) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
  10. Any marine univalve shell of the subsection Justicia subsect. Rostellaria (formerly genus Rostellaria); a spindle stromb.
  11. Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus.
  12. (coastal New Jersey) a dragonfly
  13. Synonyms:
      14. axle, axis, pivot, rod, arbour, arbor, gudgeon, capstan, mandrel, pin, shaft, bar, fusee, pole, staff, hinge, swivel, fulcrum, kingpin, trunnion, support, hub, stalk, pintle, spool, reel, central shaft, joint, articulation, link, hook, juncture, ball-and-socket, stem … more
  14. Examples:
      15. “These machines and devices essentially comprise a rotating spindle with several disks attached to it along its length.”
      “The spindle of the plant which had received dextrose was greener than the spindles of the other two plants.”
spindliness
  1. The quality of being spindly.
spindles
  1. plural of spindle
  2. Synonyms:
      3. axles, axes, pivots, rods, arbours, arbors, gudgeons, capstans, mandrels, pins, shafts, bar, fusees, poles, staffs, hinges, stalks, support, stems, swivels, fulcrums, kingpins, pintles, trunnions, reels, spools, hubs, joints, articulation, junctures, links, hooks, bolts, rolls, coils, curls, spirals, scrolls, twists … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Newel posts are the supports at the end of flights that transfer the weight of the stair to the floor and support the balustrades or spindles.”
      “The workpiece stays fixed on one machine, and the spindles needed for the multiple grinds ride on the grinder's high-precision wheelhead.”
      “The jenny had between six and twenty-four spindles mounted on a sliding carriage.”
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