The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Spindle \Spin"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Spindled; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Spindling.]
   To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to
   become disproportionately tall and slender.
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         It has begun to spindle into overintellectuality.
                                                  --Lowell.
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