reel 
turning on a pivot at each end, upon which thread is wound 
as it is spun, or when a skein is opened for use. (/) In 
teleg. t a barrel on which 
the strip of paper for re- 
ceiving the message is 
wound in a recording tel- 
egraph. Encyc. Diet, (g) 
A winch used by English 
and Scotch whalemen for 
regaining the tow-line. It 
is not employed by Ameri- 
cans, (h) Naut., a revolv- 
ing frame varying in size, 
used for winding up haw- 
sers, hose, lead-line, log- 
wind- 
lines, etc. (i) A 
lass for hoisting oyster- 
dredges, (j) In milling, 
the drum on which the 
bolting-cloth is placed. 
(k) In agri., a cylinder 
formed of light slats and 
radial arms, used with a 
reaper to gather the grain 
into convenient position 
for the knives to operate 
on it, and to direct its fall 
on the platform. (I) In 
baking, a cylindrical frame 
carrying bread-pans sus- 
pended from the horizon- 
tal anns of the frame. It 
is used in a form of oven 
called a reel oven, (in) A 
device used in angling, 
attached to the rod, for 
winding the line, consist- 
ing of a cylinder revolv- 
ing on an axis moved by 
small crank or spring. 
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reem 
Nathelesse so sore a bun* to him It lent 
That made him reele, and to his brest his bever bent. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. v. 6. J?"% reelect, = Sp ; reelegir = Pg. reeleger = 
Flecked darkness like a drunkard reels 
From forth day's path. Shak., E. and J., ii. 3. 3. 
She (France] staggered and reeled under the burden of 
reelect (re-e-lekf), v. t. [< re- +_elect. Cf. F. 
reelire, reelect, = Sp. reeleyir = 
It. rieleggere.'] To elect again. 
The chief of these was the strategos or commander-in- 
chief, who held his office for a year, and could only be re- 
tee war. Bolingbroke, State of Europe, vliL elected " fter a ye "' s lnterv l- Brougham. 
3. To be affected with a whirling or dizzy sen- reelection (re-e-lek'shon), n. [= F. reelection 
sation : as, his brain reeled. = S P- reelecaon = Pg. reelefyto = It. rielezione; 
as re- + election.] Election a second time for 
the same office : as, the reelection of a former 
representative. 
a, spool journaled in sides of 
the frame or case b; c, pinion 
on the axis of the spool ; d, small 
gear meshing with c (in use these 
wheels are covered by the cover ?) ; 
/', axis of the wheel d (this axis is 
squared on the outer end and fits 
into the crank-socket e, when the 
cover t is attached to the frame by 
small screws O ; h, crank fitted to 
crank-socket f; j, reel-seat ; *. i. 
reel-bamls which fasten the reel- 
seat to the rod r s, click which, 
when not pressed out of engage- 
ment with a small serrated wheel 
on the end of the spool-shaft op- 
posite the pinion c, emits a sound 
when the line is running out and 
warns the sportsman that his bait 
is taken; t, click-button, which 
presses out the click from its en- 
gagement with the serrated wheel, 
as when winding in the line. 
The salmon-reel is'about 
four inches, and the trout reel about two inches in di- 
ameter ; the length is about two inches. In angling the 
reel plays an important part, its use and action requiring 
to be in perfect accord or correspondence with the play of 
the rod and line. To meet these requirements, clicks and 
multipliers are employed. The click checks the line from 
running out too freely, and the multiplier gathers in the 
slack with increased speed, (n) A hose carriage. Offthe 
reel, one after another without a break ; in uninterrupted 
succession : as, to win three games off the reel. [Colfoq.] 
Reel-and-bead molding, in arch., etc., a simple mold- 
" Ties alter- 
Your fine Tom Jones and Orandlsons, 
They make your youthful fancies reel. 
Bums, Oh leave Novels. 
When all my spirit reels 
At the shouts, the leagues of lights, 
And the roaring of the wheels. 
Tennyson, Maud, xxvi. 
= 8yn. 2. Reel, Stagger, and Totter have in common the 
idea of an involuntary unsteadiness, a movement toward 
falling. Only animate beings reel or stagger; a tower or 
other erect object may totter. Reel suggests dizziness or 
other loss of balance ; stagger suggests a burden too great 
to be carried steadily, or a walk such as one would have in 
carrying such a burden ; totter suggests weakness : one 
reels upon being struck on the head; a drunken man, a 
wounded man, staggers; the infant and the very aged 
totter. 
Pale he turn'd, and reel'd, and would have fall'n, 
But that they stay'd him up. Tennyson, Guinevere. 
His breast heaved, and he staggered in his place, 
And stretched his strong arms forth with a low moan. 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, II. 279. 
He [Newcastle] thought it better to construct a weak and 
rotten government, which tattered at the smallest breath, 
. . . than to pay the necessary price for sound and durable 
materials. Macaulay, William Pitt. 
II. t trans. 1. To turn about; roll about. 
Runischly his rede ygen [eyes] he reled aboute. 
Sir Qawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. 6.), 1. 304. 
2. To roll. 
And Sisyphus an huge round stone did reele 
Against an hill. Spenter, F. Q., I. v. 35. 
3. To reel or stagger through. 
Several acts have been made, and rendered ineffectual 
by leaving the power of reelection open. Swift. 
Several Presidents have held office for two consecutive 
terms. . . . Might it not be on the whole a better system 
to forbid Immediate re-election, but to allow re-election at 
any later vacancy? E. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. 881. 
reeler (re'ler), n. 1. One who reels, in any 
sense ; specifically, a silk-winder. 
The syndicate were able to advance somewhat the price 
of cocoons, and to induce the reelers to provide themselves 
liberally for fear of a further rise. 
U. S. Com. Report, No. 73 (1887), p. Ixxxlv. 
2. The grasshopper-warbler, Acroccphalus nte- 
ritts: so called from its note. [Local, Eng.] 
In the more marshy parts of England . . . this bird has 
long been known as the Reeler, from the resemblance of 
its song to the noise of the reel used, even at the begin- 
ning of the present century, by the hand-spinners of wool. 
But, this kind of reel being now dumb, in such districts 
the country-folks of the present day connect the name 
with the reel used by the fishermen. 
1'arrell, Brit. Birds (4th ed.), I. 385. (Encyc. Diet.) 
reel-holder (rel'hol'der), n. 1. A frame or 
box with pins upon which reels of silk, cotton, 
etc., for use in sewing can be put, free to re- 
volve, and kept from being scattered. See spool- 
holder. [Eng.] 2. Naut., on a man-of-war, 
one of the watch on deck who is stationed to 
hold the reel and haul in the line whenever the 
log is heaved to ascertain the ship's speed. 
ing consisting of elongated or spindle- 
You are too Indulgent. Let us grant, It Is not r - - f 
Amiss to keep the turn of tippling with a slave ; reeligibility (re-el'i-ji-bil'i-ti), n. [= F. reeli- 
lo reel the streets at noon. Shak., A. and C., L 4. 20. ^SXTT^^-SK-ji,-*^ ,STfll i..J?^. -i V,,T 
4. To cause to reel, stagger, totter, or shake. 
reel 2 (rel), n. [< ree/ 2 , r.] A staggering mo- 
tion, as that of a drunken mun ; giddiness. 
(The attendant . . . carries off Lepidus [drunk].) . . . 
Eno. Drink thou ; increase the reels. 
Shak., A. and C., ii. 7. 100. 
Instinctively she paused before the arched window, and 
looked out upon the street, in order to seize it* permanent 
objects with her mental grai 
x -O~. -*v^ \-~ ~- - J ... I. - - 
gwilite; as reeligible + -ity (see -bility).~\ Eli- 
gibility for being reflected to the same office. 
With a positive duration [of the presidency] of consid- 
erable extent I connect the circumstance of re-eligibility. 
A. Hamilton, The Federalist, No. 72. 
There is another strong feature in the new constitution 
which I as strongly dislike. That is, the perpetual re-eli- 
gibility of the President. 
Reel-and-bead Molding. 
. Greek (Erechtheum). a. Renaissance (Venice). 
nating with beads either spherical or flattened in the di- 
rection of the molding. Keel of paper, a continuous 
roll of paper as made for use on web printing-machines. 
[Eng. ] Reel oven. See oven. 
reel 1 (rel), . t. [< ME. relen, reolen, relieti, 
reel ; from the noun : see reel 1 , n. Cf. reel 2 , v.] 
To wind upon a reel, as yarn or thread from 
the spindle, or a fishing-line. 
Je/erson, Correspondence, n. 291. 
ital grasp, and thus to steady herself reglitrible (re-ri'i ii hi) n [ F rfelinihlp 
from the reel and vibration wnich affected her more imme- ft , w ; ; 1 Jl-Dl), . l_-_ *. rtelt 
dlate sphere. Hawthorne, Seven Gables xvi. " rieleggilnle; as re- + eligible.] Capable of 
reel" (rel), *. [Formerly also reitt; < Gael. * eleeted a ^ ain to tho 8ame ffic<> - 
righil, a reel (dance).] 1. A lively dance. One of his friends Introduced a bill to make the tribunes 
danced by two or three couples, and consisting **** "'"^ Frmde ' Ciesar ' p ' 29 ' 
of various circling or intertwining figures, it reeling (re ling), n. [Verbal n. of reel*, u.] 1. 
is very popular in Scotland. The strathspey (which see) is The act or process of winding silk, as from the 
To kavde and to kembe, to clouten and to wasche, 
der that, were it the fashion to reel lips as they do yarn, 
one might make a skein of them. 
Janis, tr. of Don Quixote, II. iii. 15. (Dames.) 
Silk reeling is one of the industries. 
Harper's Mag., LXXVII. 47. 
or produce with ease and fluency, or in a rapid and con- 
tinuous manner. [Colloq.] 
Mr. Wark and Mr. Paulhamus [telegraphers], who sent 
In the order named, reeled of exactly the same number of 
words. Electric Ren. (Amer.), XVI. viii. 7. 
slower, and full of sudden jerks and turns. 
There 's threesome reels, there 's foursome reels, 
There 's hornpipes and strathspeys, man. reeling-machine (re'ling-ma-shen*), n. 
Burns, The Deil cam Fiddlin thro the Town. ^.e ?._ jj_- _ A i _ B 3 .__,_'_' 
Blythe an' merry we 's be a', ... 
And dance, till we be like to fa'. 
The reel of Tullochgorum. 
Rev. J. Skinner, Tullochgorum. 
2. Music for such a dance or in its rhythm, 
cocoons. 2. The use of the reel of an anglers' 
rod. Forest and Stream. 
1. A 
machine for winding thread on reels or spools; a 
spooling-machine or silk-reel. E. B. Knight. 
2. In cotton-manuf., a machine which takes the 
yarn from the bobbins of the spinning- or twist- 
~. , ^ , -,o ilv lllul , ins-frames, and winds it into lianks or skeins. 
To rubbe and rely. Piers Plowman (C), x. 81. which is duple (or rarely sextuple), and charac- reel-keeper (rel ke'per), n. In anglinn, any de- 
I say nothing of his_lips; for they are so thin and slen- terized by notes of equal length. X^!.?! * "! Bn J? i 2. g !*5S et ;' f r *J oldin a reel 
Geilles Duncane did goe before them, playing this reill 
or daunce upon a small trump. 
Xewesfrom Scotland (1591), sig. B. iii. 
Virginia reel, a country-dance supposed to be derived 
from the English "Sir Roger de Coverley." [U. S.] 
To reel In, in angling, to recover by winding on the reel reel 3 (rel), r. i. [< reefi, .] To dance the reel-OVen (reVuv'n). n. See oven. 
(the line that has been paid out). -TO reel off, to give out reel; especially, to describe the figure 8 as in reel-pott (rel'pot), n. A drunkard. MiMleton. 
a reel. (Encyc. Diet.) 
The dancers quick and quicker flew ; 
They reel'd, they set, they cross'd, they cleekit. 
Burns, Tarn o' Shanter. 
'eelable (re'la-bl), a. [< reel 1 + -able.] 
ble of being reeled, or wound on a reel. 
At least six species of Bombyx . . . form reelable co- 
coons. 
firmly on the butt section of a i 
reel-line (rel'lin), n. A fishing-line used upon 
a reel by anglers ; that part of the whole line 
which may be reeled, as distinguished from the 
casting-line or leader. 
To reel up, to wind up or take In on a reel (all the line). 
reel 2 (rel), v. [Early mod. E. also rele; < ME. 
relen, turn round and round ; appar. a particu- 
lar use of recn, v., but cf. Icel. ridhlask, rock, 
waver, move to and fro (as ranks in battle), < reel-band (rel'band), n. 
ritha, tremble. Not connected with roll.'] I. 
intrans. 1. To turn round and round ; whirl. 
Hit [the boat] reled on rounld] vpon the rose ythes [rough 
waves). Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), iii. 147. 
to confine a reel in the reel-bed of a fly-rod. 
reel-bed (rel'bed), n. The place on an anglers' 
2. To sway from side to side 
walking ; stagger, especially as one drunk. 
'chek), n. Anydeviceforcheck- 
.g the run of a fishing-line from the reel, 
standing or reel-click (rel'klik), n. An attachment to an 
reel-rail (rel'ral), adv. [Appar. a repetition 
of reel; cf. whim-wham, rip-rap, etc.] Upside 
down; topsy-turvy. [Scotch.] 
The warld 's a' reel-roll but wi' me and Kate. There 's 
nothing but broken heads and broken hearts to be seen. 
Donald and Flora, p. 17. (Jamieson.) 
Encyc. Brit., XXII. 60. reel-seat (rel'set), n. 1. The plate, groove, or 
A band of metal nsed bed on an anglers' rod which receives the reel. 
2. A device used by anglers to fasten the 
reel to the butt of the rod. It is a simple bed-plate 
of sheet-brass, or of silver, screwed down upon the butt of 
the rod. with a pair of clamps into which the plate of the 
reel slides. 
to the reel-seat at the 
Adjusting a light . . . reel . 
extreme butt of the [fishing- ]rod. 
anglers' reel, by a light pressure of which the The Century, XXVI. 378. 
movement of the line is directed, it checks the reel-stand (rel'stand), n. A form of reel-holder, 
line from running out too freely. Some clicks graduate rp m l T ,, o n d ,. ATI ohsnlptp form of renml 
the strain upon the line, checking it almost entirely, or ri "V' "' an *" An ' B lorm ot reami - 
permitting it to run without any check at all. The click reem^, . t. bame as ream*. 
also indicates to the ear what the fish is doing. reem 3 (rem), v. i. [< ME. remen, < AS. hryman, 
Hall, Hen. Vin., an. 6. reel-cotton (vel'kot'n), . Sewing-cotton which lireman, cry, call out, boast, exult, also murmur, 
The tinker he laid on so fast is sold on reels instead of being made up into complain, < hredm, cry, shout.] To cry or moan. 
That he made Kobin reel. balls, including generally the finer grades. HalUwell. [North. Eng.] 
Rubin Hood and the Tinker (Child's Ballads, V. 236). Compare spool-cotton. reem 4 (rem), n. A dialectal variant of rime'* 
To knyjtez he kest his yse, 
& reled hym vp & doun. 
Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), L 229. 
But when they saw the Almayne rele and staggar then 
they let fall the rayle betwene them. 
