spindling

spindling
/spind"ling/, adj.
1. long or tall and slender, often disproportionately so.
2. growing into a long, slender stalk or stem, often too slender or weak to remain upright.
n.
3. a spindling person or thing.
[1740-50; SPINDLE + -ING2, -ING1]

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