To back off, step away, or sway backwards unsteadily and suddenly.
To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
To wind on a reel.
To produce a mechanical insect-like song, as in grass warblers.
To unwind, to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
To make or cause to reel.
To spin or revolve repeatedly.
To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
To be in shock.
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.
A lively dance originating in Scotland; also, the music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.
A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
A shaky or unsteady gait.
To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
To live; reside
To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.
To brace or support with a stay or stays
To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
To continue to have a particular quality.
To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.
To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.
To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
To hold the attention of.
To cause to cease; to put an end to.
To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
To tack; put on the other tack.
Steeply.
Steep; ascending.
Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.
Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.
(of a roof) Steeply pitched.
A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.
Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time.
A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
A corset.
Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.
A prop; a support.
A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.