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Search phrase: spin

Plays

 25 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
All's Well That Ends WellAW II.i.42shall find in the regiment of the Spinii one Captainshall finde in the Regiment of the Spinij, one Captaine
Henry IV Part 22H4 I.i.208Gasping for life under great Bolingbroke;Gasping for life, vnder great Bullingbrooke,
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.iv.261lisping to his master's old tables, his note-book, hislisping to his Masters old Tables, his Note-Booke, his
Henry VH5 IV.ii.8That their hot blood may spin in English eyesThat their hot blood may spin in English eyes,
Henry VH5 IV.iii.48And say, ‘ These wounds I had on Crispin's day.’
Henry VH5 IV.iii.57And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,And Crispine Crispian shall ne're goe by,
Henry VH5 IV.iii.67That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.That fought with vs vpon Saint Crispines day.
Henry VH5 IV.vii.89Fought on the day of Crispin Crispianus.Fought on the day of Crispin Crispianus.
Henry VIIIH8 I.ii.33The spinsters, carders, fullers, weavers, who,The Spinsters, Carders, Fullers, Weauers, who
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW III.iii.67these lisping hawthorn-buds that come like women inthese lisping-hauthorne buds, that come like women in
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.ii.21Hence, you longlegged spinners, hence!Hence you long leg'd Spinners, hence:
OthelloOth I.i.24More than a spinster – unless the bookish theoric,More then a Spinster. Vnlesse the Bookish Theoricke:
PericlesPer I.i.129By your untimely claspings with your child,By your vntimely claspings with your Child,
PericlesPer IV.i.56And, clasping to the mast, endured a seaand clasping to the Mast, endured a
Richard IIR2 II.ii.65And I, a gasping new-delivered mother,And I a gasping new deliuered mother,
Romeo and JulietRJ I.iv.62Her waggon spokes made of long spinners' legs;her Waggon Spokes made of long Spinners legs:
Romeo and JulietRJ II.iv.28The pox of such antic, lisping, affectingThe Pox of such antique lisping affecting
Titus AndronicusTit II.iii.168.1 (clasping Tamora)
Twelfth NightTN I.iii.99spin it off.spin it off.
Twelfth NightTN II.iv.44The spinsters, and the knitters in the sun,The Spinsters and the Knitters in the Sun,
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG III.i.306Item: She can spin.Item, she can spin.
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG III.i.308can spin for her living.can spin for her liuing.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.i.1Roses, their sharp spines being gone,ROses their sharpe spines being gon,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.iii.23You stay to see of us such spinsters, weYou stay to see of us such Spincsters, we
The Winter's TaleWT III.iii.24And, gasping to begin some speech, her eyesAnd (gasping to begin some speech) her eyes

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.a15 the night, spinning amongst her maids: the other ladies were all the night) spinning amongest her maides, the other Ladies were all

Glossary

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apprehensionconception, grasping by the mind, awareness
axletree, axle-treepivot, spindle, axis [around which the heavenly bodies revolve]
chipkey [of a spinet, harpsichord, etc]
cravencowardly, spineless, weak-hearted
Crispian, Crispin, SaintsEnglish forms of Crispianus and Crispinus: in Christian tradition, martyrs under Roman emperor Diocletian; feast day 25 October
distaffdevice for weaving, spindle
distaff-womanwoman occupied in spinning
embracementembrace, clasping, hug
embrasureembrace, clasping
Fatestrio of goddesses who control human destiny: Atropos (‘the inflexible’) cuts the thread of life allotted and spun by Lachesis (‘the distributor’) and Clotho (‘the spinner’)
FortuneRoman goddess, shown as a woman at a spinning-wheel, or controlling a rudder, and as blind
furzespiny shrub, gorse
gigspinning-top
gossgorse, spiny shrub
gripingvoracious, grasping, devouring
hold-fastfirmly grasping
large-handedgrasping, rapacious, avaricious
prickspine
seizuregrasping of hands, clasp, hold
setset spinning
spingush, spurt, spray
spinnerspider, cranefly, daddy-longlegs
spinsterdomestic woman, one who stays at home spinning
swayed[of horses] strained, with a spinal depression
tendermeek, submissive, spineless
turnspin round, whirl about, go round and round
untwinduntwine, untwist the spinning of
wheel[unclear meaning] song refrain; or: spinning-wheel
whirligigspinning-top, roundabout

Thesaurus

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claspingembracement
claspingembrasure
firmly graspinghold-fast
graspinggriping
graspinglarge-handed
grasping by the mindapprehension
grasping of handsseizure
grasping, firmlyhold-fast
hands, grasping ofseizure
mind, grasping by theapprehension
set spinningset
shrub, spinygoss
shrub, spinyfurze
spin roundturn
spinal depression, with a swayed
spindleaxletree, axle-tree
spindledistaff
spineprick
spinelesscraven
spinelesstender
spinning, one who stays at homespinster
spinning, setset
spinning, untwistuntwind
spinning, woman occupied in distaff-woman
spinning-topwhirligig
spinning-topgig
spinning-wheelFortune
spinning-wheelwheel
untwist spinninguntwind
woman occupied in spinningdistaff-woman

Themes and Topics

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Classical mythology...tributor&rsquo ) and clotho (&lsquo the spinner&rsquo ) furies mnd v i 2...
Gods and goddesses...dess often represented as a woman at a spinning wheel or controlling a rudder and...
Religious personalities and beings...name of the devil crispian crispin saints h5 iv iii 40 cri...
... saints h5 iv iii 40 crispinus and crispianus martyrs under roman e...

Words Families

 10 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
CLASPBASICclasping n
GASPBASICgasping adj
LISPBASIClisping adj
SPINBASICspin v
SPININSECTspinner n
SPINPEOPLEhomespun n, spinster n
SPINEBASICspine n
SPINNERBASICsee SPIN
SPINSTERBASICsee SPIN

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