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.
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   2. A spider. "Long-legged spinners." --Shak.
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   3. (Zool.) A goatsucker; -- so called from the peculiar noise
      it makes when darting through the air.
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   4. (Zool.) A spinneret.
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   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.
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