Spinozism
(Spi*no"zism) n. The form of Pantheism taught by Benedict Spinoza, that there is but one
substance, or infinite essence, in the universe, of which the so- called material and spiritual beings and
phenomena are only modes, and that one this one substance is God. [Written also Spinosism.]
Spinozist
(Spi*no"zist) n. A believer in Spinozism.
Spinster
(Spin"ster) n. [Spin + - ster.]
1. A woman who spins, or whose occupation is to spin.
She spake to spinster to spin it out.
Piers Plowman.
The spinsters and the knitters in the sun.
Shak. 2. A man who spins. [Obs.] Shak.
3. (Law) An unmarried or single woman; — used in legal proceedings as a title, or addition to the surname.
If a gentlewoman be termed a spinster, she may abate the writ.
Coke. 4. A woman of evil life and character; — so called from being forced to spin in a house of correction.
[Obs.]
Spinstress
(Spin"stress) n. A woman who spins. T. Brown.
Spinstry
(Spin"stry) n. The business of one who spins; spinning. [Obs.] Milton.
Spinule
(Spin"ule) n. [L. spinula, dim. of spina a spine: cf. F. spinule.] A minute spine. Dana.
Spinulescent
(Spin`u*les"cent) a. (Bot.) Having small spines; somewhat thorny.
Spinulose
(Spin"u*lose` Spin"u*lous) , a. [Cf. F. spinuleux.] Covered with small spines.
Spiny
(Spin"y) a. [From Spine.]
1. Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree.
2. Like a spine in shape; slender. "Spiny grasshoppers sit chirping." Chapman.
3. Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances.
The spiny deserts of scholastic philosophy.
Bp. Warburton. Spiny lobster. (Zoöl.) Same as Rock lobster, under Rock. See also Lobster.
Spiny
(Spin"y), n. See Spinny.
Spiodea
(||Spi*o"de*a) n. pl. [NL., fr. Spio the typical genus.] (Zoöl.) An extensive division of marine
Annelida, including those that are without oral tentacles or cirri, and have the gills, when present, mostly
arranged along the sides of the body. They generally live in burrows or tubes.
Spirable
(Spi"ra*ble) a. [L. spirabilis.] Capable of being breathed; respirable. [Obs.] Nash.
Spiracle
(Spir"a*cle) n.[L. spiraculum, fr. spirare to breathe: cf. F. spiracule. See Spirit.]
1. (Anat.) The nostril, or one of the nostrils, of whales, porpoises, and allied animals.
