REEL (O.E. hreol, glossed by the Med. Lat. alibrum in .lelfric's Glossary, c. 1o5o; the word is of unknown origin; it does not appear in cognate languages, and Celtic forms such as Gaelic ruidhil are from English)

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REEL (O.E. hreol, glossed by the Med. Lat. alibrum in .lelfric's Glossary, c. 1o5o; the word is of unknown origin; it does not appear in cognate languages, and Celtic forms such as Gaelic ruidhil are from English) , a cylinder or apparatus of cylindrical shape on which a

thread

THREAD (0. Eng.
praed
- PRAED,
  WINTHROP
  MACKWORTH (1802–1839)
, literally, that which is
twisted
- TWISTED
, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a
silk
- SILK
-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)

or line can be wound; e.g. the small wooden cylinder with projecting rims at either end on which sewing

cotton

silk

SILK

is wound for immediate use, the revolving " click-reel " attached to a fishing-rod, and the open revolving framework on which

thread

THREAD (0. Eng.
praed
- PRAED,
  WINTHROP
  MACKWORTH (1802–1839)
, literally, that which is
twisted
- TWISTED
, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)

is wound as it is spun. The name of the Scottish dance (Gaelic righil, ruithil) is probably the same word (see DANCE). In architecture, an ornamental moulding consisting of spherical-shaped bodies alternating with flat reel-shaped disks placed on edge is known as a "

bead

BEAD

and reel" moulding.

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