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thread-line fishing

[thred-lahyn]
–noun Angling.
spinning (def. 3).

spin⋅ning

[spin-ing]
–noun
1. Textiles.
a. the act or process of converting staple or short lengths of fiber, as cotton or rayon, into continuous yarn or thread.
b. the extrusion of a solution of fiber-forming substances through holes in a spinneret to form filaments.
2. Entomology. the act or process of secreting and placing silk or silklike filaments, as in the construction of a web by a spider or the formation of a cocoon by a caterpillar.
3. Also called spin casting, spin fishing, thread-line fishing. Angling. the act or technique of casting a relatively light lure attached to a threadlike line wound on a stationary spool.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME; see spin, -ing 1


spin⋅ning⋅ly, adverb
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spinning

The allocating of shares of a hot initial offering by a securities firm to the personal account of a corporate executive in anticipation of gaining future business from the executive's firm.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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