SPINSTER

spinster. Spinster, n. a woman who spins, a maiden woman

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Spin″ster (?), n. [[Spin + -ster.]] 1. 1. A woman who spins, or whose occupation is to spin.
She spake to spinster to spin it out. Piers Plowman. The spinsters and the knitters in the sun. Shak. 2. 2. A man who spins. Shak.
3. 3. (Law) An unmarried or single woman; — used in legal proceedings as a title, or addition to the surname.
If a gentlewoman be termed a spinster, she may abate the writ. Coke. 4. 4. A woman of evil life and character; — so called from being forced to spin in a house of correction.