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Meaning:
Noun:
- 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 frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound
- A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel.
- 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 short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
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Verb:
- (reel back) To back off or step away unsteadily and quickly.
- To make or cause to '''reel'''.
- To spin or revolve repeatedly.
- To unwind, to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
- To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of one's self.
- To wind on a '''reel'''.
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