8 They're also huge. The Great Lakes touch Canada, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Combined, the length of all five shorelines is about 44 percent of the Earth's circumference.
1 Spindle (textiles) , a device to spin fibers into thread. 2  Spindle (tool) , is the main rotating part of a machine tool, woodworking machine, etc. 3  Segmented spindle, a spindle consisting of discrete elements that can be assembled and disassembled on the fly.
The noun SPINDLE has 3 senses: 1. (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle. 2. any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts. 3. a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning.. (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle. 2. any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts.