A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, —-- for cotton or linen it is fifty-four inches in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches.
A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.
A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
From Middle English reel, reele, from Old English reol, hreol, from Proto-Germanic *hrehulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krek-. Cognate with Icelandic ræl, hræll.
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