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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Reel \Reel\ (r[=e]l), n. [AS. hre['o]l: cf. Icel. hr[ae]ll a weaver's reed or sley.] 1. A frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound; as, a log reel, used by seamen; an angler's reel; a garden reel. [1913 Webster] 2. A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, -- for cotton or linen it is fifty-four inches in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches. --McElrath. [1913 Webster] 3. (Agric.) 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. [1913 Webster] {Reel oven}, a baker's oven in which bread pans hang suspended from the arms of a kind of reel revolving on a horizontal axis. --Knight. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Reel \Reel\ (r[=e]l), n. [Gael. righil.] A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called {Scotch reel}. [1913 Webster] {Virginia reel}, the common name throughout the United States for the old English "country dance," or contradance (contredanse). --Bartlett. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Reel \Reel\ (r[=e]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reeled} (r?ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reeling}. ] 1. To roll. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] And Sisyphus an huge round stone did reel. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To wind upon a reel, as yarn or thread. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Reel \Reel\ (r[=e]l), v. i. [Cf. Sw. ragla. See {2d Reel}.] 1. To incline, in walking, from one side to the other; to stagger. [1913 Webster] They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man. --Ps. cvii. 27. [1913 Webster] He, with heavy fumes oppressed, Reeled from the palace, and retired to rest. --Pope. [1913 Webster] The wagons reeling under the yellow sheaves. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy. [1913 Webster] In these lengthened vigils his brain often reeled. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Reel \Reel\ (r[=e]l), n. The act or motion of reeling or staggering; as, a drunken reel. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: reel n 1: a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector 2: music composed for dancing a reel 3: winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod 4: a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound [syn: {bobbin}, {spool}, {reel}] 5: a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps [syn: {reel}, {Scottish reel}] 6: an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines [syn: {Virginia reel}, {reel}] v 1: walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room" [syn: {stagger}, {reel}, {keel}, {lurch}, {swag}, {careen}] 2: revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" [syn: {spin}, {spin around}, {whirl}, {reel}, {gyrate}] 3: wind onto or off a reel From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 [fd-dan-eng]: reel actual; practical; real