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n. a cone shaped spool or bobbin on which thread or yarn is wound used most often for weaving

n. A quill or reed on which thread or yarn is wound; a bobbin; also, the wound yarn on a weaver's shuttle; also, the reel of a fishing rod.

n. Anything that revolves or twists.

n. The reel attached to a fishing-rod for winding up the line.

n. A roll of any sort.

n. A stick for twisting on the nose of refractory horses.

n. A bobbin; a spool; a reel.

n. The amount of thread or line wound at one time upon a shuttle or reel.

"So my grandfather, who had his "pirn" contracts to be shipped for England on certain days, used to call his sons about him, and devote himself and all of them to the service of repairing."

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