Sentence:  After this she took a pair of yarn <WSD>windles</WSD>, which she nine times unintermittedly veered and frisked about; then at the ninth revolution or turn, without touching them any more, maturely perpending the manner of their motion, she very demurely waited on their repose and cessation from any further stirring. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A reel for winding something into a bundle, such as winding string or yarn into skeins or straw into bundles.