spinning-jennyn.

Etymology: < spinning n. or spinning adj. + jenny n. The reason for this use of the personal name is uncertain.

a. An early form of spinning-machine (introduced by James Hargreaves about 1764–7 and patented in 1770) in which several spindles were set in motion by a band from one wheel.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > machine > types of

water frame1777

spinning-jenny1783

mule1791

mule jenny1792

throstle1792

jenny1796

muslin wheel1830

hand mule1831

self-shifter1834

ring frame1850

cap-frame1884

trap-twister1884

trap-winder1884

1783 Trans. Soc. Arts 1 34 The construction of this kind of Machine, called a Spinning Jenny, has since been improved.

1790 A. Young Jrnl. 11 Jan. in Trav. France (1792) i. 269 So many spinning jennies have been destroyed by the people..that the trade is in a deplorable situation.

1816 Ann. Reg., Chron. 70/1 Demanding that he should give up a machine called a spinning jenny by the use of which they imagined them~selves aggrieved.

1853 W. C. Bryant Poems (new ed.) 161 Thou..shalt be The moving soul of many a spinning-jenny.

b. figurative.

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1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. x. 71/2 The basest of created animalcules, the Spider itself, has a spinning-jenny..within its head.

2. (Part of) a gambling apparatus.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > wheel, etc.

dolly1874

spinning-jenny1879

punch board1912

paddle wheel1926

1879 H. A. Simmons Ernest Struggles iv. 72 To the ceiling of the taproom was fixed what the men called a ‘spinning jenny’, which was a revolving hand, like that on a clock, with a number of figures round it. It was with this that the customers won and lost pots of beer.

1897 Daily News 9 June 3/3 Charged with gambling with a ‘spinning jenny’ at Hurst Park Racecourse... He had a table coloured red, white, and black, and was turning a rod or ‘spinning jenny’.

3. (See quot.)

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1928 C. F. S. Gamble Story N. Sea Air Station ix. 134 Sopwith two-seaters (familiarly known as ‘Spinning Jennies’, because of certain peculiarities aptly described by their name).

Compounds

General attributive.

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1826 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 58 79 The unhappy creatures who have sweated out their lives in the spinning-jenny regions.

1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 383 One Peel, a spinning-jenny fellow.

Derivatives

spinning-jennyish adj.

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1841 T. Hood Tale of Trumpet i, in New Monthly Mag. May 123 Thoughts in the process of fabrication, By a Spinning-Jennyish operation.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	spinning-jenny
释义	spinning-jennyn. Etymology: < spinning n. or spinning adj. + jenny n. The reason for this use of the personal name is uncertain. 1. a. An early form of spinning-machine (introduced by James Hargreaves about 1764–7 and patented in 1770) in which several spindles were set in motion by a band from one wheel. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > machine > types of water frame1777 spinning-jenny1783 mule1791 mule jenny1792 throstle1792 jenny1796 muslin wheel1830 hand mule1831 self-shifter1834 ring frame1850 cap-frame1884 trap-twister1884 trap-winder1884 1783 Trans. Soc. Arts 1 34 The construction of this kind of Machine, called a Spinning Jenny, has since been improved. 1790 A. Young Jrnl. 11 Jan. in Trav. France (1792) i. 269 So many spinning jennies have been destroyed by the people..that the trade is in a deplorable situation. 1816 Ann. Reg., Chron. 70/1 Demanding that he should give up a machine called a spinning jenny by the use of which they imagined them~selves aggrieved. 1853 W. C. Bryant Poems (new ed.) 161 Thou..shalt be The moving soul of many a spinning-jenny. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. x. 71/2 The basest of created animalcules, the Spider itself, has a spinning-jenny..within its head. 2. (Part of) a gambling apparatus. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > wheel, etc. dolly1874 spinning-jenny1879 punch board1912 paddle wheel1926 1879 H. A. Simmons Ernest Struggles iv. 72 To the ceiling of the taproom was fixed what the men called a ‘spinning jenny’, which was a revolving hand, like that on a clock, with a number of figures round it. It was with this that the customers won and lost pots of beer. 1897 Daily News 9 June 3/3 Charged with gambling with a ‘spinning jenny’ at Hurst Park Racecourse... He had a table coloured red, white, and black, and was turning a rod or ‘spinning jenny’. 3. (See quot.) ΚΠ 1928 C. F. S. Gamble Story N. Sea Air Station ix. 134 Sopwith two-seaters (familiarly known as ‘Spinning Jennies’, because of certain peculiarities aptly described by their name). Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1826 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 58 79 The unhappy creatures who have sweated out their lives in the spinning-jenny regions. 1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 383 One Peel, a spinning-jenny fellow. Derivatives spinning-jennyish adj. ΚΠ 1841 T. Hood Tale of Trumpet i, in New Monthly Mag. May 123 Thoughts in the process of fabrication, By a Spinning-Jennyish operation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1783
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