Spin (impf. and partic. spun) 1) tr. and intr. to draw out into threads; to work at drawing threads: Lucr. Arg. Tim. II, 2, 169 Gent. III, 1, 316. Tw. I, 3, 110. H6B IV, 2, 31. Cor. I, 3, 93.
2) to issue in a thread or small current: “make incision in their hides, that their hot blood may s. in English eyes,” H5 IV, 2, 10.