Online Resource Library
Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadNoah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Spinster
Subjects in this Topic:
(1):
(n.) A woman who spins, or whose occupation is to spin.
(2):
(n.) A man who spins.
(3):
(n.) An unmarried or single woman; -- used in legal proceedings as a title, or addition to the surname.
(4):
(n.) A woman of evil life and character; -- so called from being forced to spin in a house of correction.