Spinning

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Old English spinnan ‘draw out and twist (fibre’); related to German spinnen . The noun dates from the mid 19th century.

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spinning (n.)

late 13c., verbal noun from spin (v.). Spinning wheel attested from c. 1400. Spinning-jenny is from 1783 (see jenny); invented by James Hargreaves c. 1764-7, patented 1770.