ˈthin-ˌspun, a.
(stress var.)
Spun thinly; drawn out in spinning to a slender thread. Also fig.
| 1637 Milton Lycidas 76 Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin spun life. 1642 H. More Song of Soul ii. iii. iv. ix, Thin-spun reason and exile discourse. 1821 Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 93 How thin-spun clouds glide swiftly by. Ibid. 120 Nor broken seam, nor thin-spun screen. |