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reˈspin, v.|riː-|
[re- 5 a.]
To spin anew. Hence reˈspinning vbl. n.
1608Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. Schisme 490 That fruitfull Worm, Which (of it selfe) fine shining Sleaves doth form,..Re-spins a-fresh [etc.]. 1611Florio, Refilare, to spin, to respin. 1846McCulloch Acc. Brit. Empire (1854) I. 685 The waste of the finer numbers is re-spun into a second quality. 1880L. Wallace Ben-Hur 401 With the spinning and re-spinning of this slender thread. |