SPOOLED

Verb

spooled

simple past tense and past participle of spool

Anagrams

• poodles, spoodle

Source: Wiktionary


SPOOL

Spool, n. Etym: [OE. spole, OD. spoele, D. spoel; akin to G. spule, OHG. spuola, Dan. & Sw. spole.]

Definition: A piece of cane or red with a knot at each end, or a hollow cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to wind thread or yarn upon. Spool stand, an article holding spools of thread, turning on pins, -- used by women at their work.

Spool, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spooled; p. pr. & vb. n. Spooling.]

Definition: To wind on a spool or spools.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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