1. (n.) A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel.

2. (n.) A frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound; as, a log reel, used by seamen; an angler's reel; a garden reel.

3. (n.) A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, -- for cotton or linen it is fifty-four inches in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches.

4. (n.) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.

5. (v. t.) To roll.

6. (v. t.) To wind upon a reel, as yarn or thread.

7. (v. i.) To incline, in walking, from one side to the other; to stagger.

8. (v. i.) To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.