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- English Word Winder Definition An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like.
- English Word Winder Definition One in a flight of steps which are curved in plan, so that each tread is broader at one end than at the other; -- distinguished from flyer.
- English Word Winder Definition To fan; to clean grain with a fan.
- English Word Winder Definition A blow taking away the breath.
- English Word Winder Definition To wither; to fail.
- English Word Windfall Definition Anything blown down or off by the wind, as fruit from a tree, or the tree itself, or a portion of a forest prostrated by a violent wind, etc.
- English Word Windfall Definition An unexpected legacy, or other gain.
- English Word Windfallen Definition Blown down by the wind.
- English Word Windflower Definition The anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing. See Anemone.
- English Word Windgall Definition A soft tumor or synovial swelling on the fetlock joint of a horse; -- so called from having formerly been supposed to contain air.
- English Word Windhover Definition The kestrel; -- called also windbibber, windcuffer, windfanner.
- English Word Windiness Definition The quality or state of being windy or tempestuous; as, the windiness of the weather or the season.
- English Word Windiness Definition Fullness of wind; flatulence.
- English Word Windiness Definition Tendency to generate wind or gas; tendency to produce flatulence; as, the windiness of vegetables.
- English Word Windiness Definition Tumor; puffiness.
- English Word Winding Definition of Wind
- English Word Winding Definition of Wind
- English Word Winding Definition of Wind
- English Word Winding Definition A call by the boatswain's whistle.
- English Word Winding Definition Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.
- English Word Winding Definition A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream.
- English Word Winding Definition A line- or ribbon-shaped material (as wire, string, or bandaging) wound around an object; as, the windings (conducting wires) wound around the armature of an electric motor or generator.
- English Word Windingly Definition In a winding manner.
- English Word Windlace Definition See Windlass.
- English Word Windlass Definition A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course; a shift.
- English Word Windlass Definition To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means.
- English Word Windlass Definition A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam.
- English Word Windlass Definition An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow.
- English Word Windlass Definition To raise with, or as with, a windlass; to use a windlass.
- English Word Windle Definition A spindle; a kind of reel; a winch.