The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Reel \Reel\ (r[=e]l), n. [AS. hre['o]l: cf. Icel. hr[ae]ll a
   weaver's reed or sley.]
   1. A frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on
      an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are
      wound; as, a log reel, used by seamen; an angler's reel; a
      garden reel.
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   2. 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. --McElrath.
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   3. (Agric.) 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.
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   Reel oven, a baker's oven in which bread pans hang
      suspended from the arms of a kind of reel revolving on a
      horizontal axis. --Knight.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Reel \Reel\ (r[=e]l), n. [Gael. righil.]
   A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the
   music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel.
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   Virginia reel, the common name throughout the United States
      for the old English "country dance," or contradance
      (contredanse). --Bartlett.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Reel \Reel\ (r[=e]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reeled (r?ld); p.
   pr. & vb. n. Reeling. ]
   1. To roll. [Obs.]
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            And Sisyphus an huge round stone did reel.
                                                  --Spenser.
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   2. To wind upon a reel, as yarn or thread.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Reel \Reel\ (r[=e]l), v. i. [Cf. Sw. ragla. See 2d Reel.]
   1. To incline, in walking, from one side to the other; to
      stagger.
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            They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken
            man.                                  --Ps. cvii.
                                                  27.
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            He, with heavy fumes oppressed,
            Reeled from the palace, and retired to rest. --Pope.
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            The wagons reeling under the yellow sheaves.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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   2. To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
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            In these lengthened vigils his brain often reeled.
                                                  --Hawthorne.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Reel \Reel\ (r[=e]l), n.
   The act or motion of reeling or staggering; as, a drunken
   reel. --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

reel
    n 1: a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to
         be projected by a movie projector
    2: music composed for dancing a reel
    3: winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle;
       attached to a fishing rod
    4: a winder around which thread or tape or film or other
       flexible materials can be wound [syn: bobbin, spool,
       reel]
    5: a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular
       moves and gliding steps [syn: reel, Scottish reel]
    6: an American country dance which starts with the couples
       facing each other in two lines [syn: Virginia reel, reel]
    v 1: walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken
         man staggered into the room" [syn: stagger, reel,
         keel, lurch, swag, careen]
    2: revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The
       dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
       [syn: spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate]
    3: wind onto or off a reel