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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Spinner \Spin"ner\ (sp[i^]n"n[~e]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine. [1913 Webster] 2. A spider. "Long-legged spinners." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zool.) A goatsucker; -- so called from the peculiar noise it makes when darting through the air. [1913 Webster] 4. (Zool.) A spinneret. [1913 Webster] Ring spinner, a machine for spinning, in which the twist, given to the yarn by a revolving bobbin, is regulated by the drag of a small metal loop which slides around a ring encircling the bobbin, instead of by a throstle. [1913 Webster]