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ten

“ten” is a Danish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a spindle; a rod or stick used together with a distaff to spin yarn
  2. in a spinning wheel or similar machine: the reel on which the finished yarn is spooled

Etymology

From Old Norse teinn (“stick”).

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