A type of yarn winder used for counting the yardage of handspun yarn. It most commonly has a wooden peg or dowel that pops up from the gearing mechanism after a certain number of yards have been wound onto the winder
The ermine and some other species are brown in summer, and turn white in winter; others are brown at all seasons
A weasel is a small wild animal with a long thin body, a tail, short legs, and reddish-brown fur. a small thin furry animal that kills and eats rats and birds. weaselled weaselling weaseled weaseling weasel out to avoid doing something you should do by using clever or dishonest excuses weasel out of. Any of several genera (carnivore family Mustelidae) of voracious nocturnal predators found throughout the Americas, Africa, and Eurasia. Weasels have slender bodies and necks, small flat heads, short legs, clawed toes, dense short fur, and slim pointed tails. The size and relative length of the tail vary among species. Their total length is 7-20 in. (17-50 cm), and they may weigh 1-12 oz (30-350 g). The approximately 10 New World and Eurasian species of Mustela are reddish brown; in cold regions, their winter coat turns white, and the pelt, especially of the stoat (M. erminea), is called ermine. Weasels generally hunt alone, feeding on rodents, fish, frogs, and birds' eggs
They have a slender, elongated body, and are noted for the quickness of their movements and for their bloodthirsty habit in destroying poultry, rats, etc
To benefit by clever or devious means, esp. to escape a commitment (from the supposed cunningness of the weasel)
{i} carnivorous mammal having a long slender brown body with short legs and a long tail (some species in northern regions turn white in the winter); (Slang) cunning or sneaky person (derogatory)