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.
It has begun to spindle into overintellectuality. --Lowell.
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Spin·dling a. Long and slender, or disproportionately tall and slender; as, a spindling tree; a spindling boy.
Syn: -- spindly.
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