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  • English Word Winger Definition One of the casks stowed in the wings of a vessel's hold, being smaller than such as are stowed more amidships.
  • English Word Wingfish Definition A sea robin having large, winglike pectoral fins. See Sea robin, under Robin.
  • English Word Winging Definition of Wing
  • English Word Wingless Definition Having no wings; not able to ascend or fly.
  • English Word Winglet Definition A little wing; a very small wing.
  • English Word Winglet Definition A bastard wing, or alula.
  • English Word Wingmanship Definition Power or skill in flying.
  • English Word Wingy Definition Having wings; rapid.
  • English Word Wingy Definition Soaring with wings, or as if with wings; volatile airy.
  • English Word Wink Definition To nod; to sleep; to nap.
  • English Word Wink Definition To shut the eyes quickly; to close the eyelids with a quick motion.
  • English Word Wink Definition To close and open the eyelids quickly; to nictitate; to blink.
  • English Word Wink Definition To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids, often those of one eye only.
  • English Word Wink Definition To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to connive at anything; to be tolerant; -- generally with at.
  • English Word Wink Definition To be dim and flicker; as, the light winks.
  • English Word Wink Definition To cause (the eyes) to wink.
  • English Word Wink Definition The act of closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids quickly; hence, the time necessary for such an act; a moment.
  • English Word Wink Definition A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast.
  • English Word Winked Definition of Wink
  • English Word Winker Definition One who winks.
  • English Word Winker Definition A horse's blinder; a blinker.
  • English Word Winking Definition of Wink
  • English Word Winkingly Definition In a winking manner; with the eye almost closed.
  • English Word Winkle Definition Any periwinkle.
  • English Word Winkle Definition Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, esp., in the United States, either of two species of Fulgar (F. canaliculata, and F. carica).
  • English Word Winkle-hawk Definition A rectangular rent made in cloth; -- called also winkle-hole.
  • English Word Winnard 2 Definition The redwing.
  • English Word Winnebagoes Definition A tribe of North American Indians who originally occupied the region about Green Bay, Lake Michigan, but were driven back from the lake and nearly exterminated in 1640 by the IIlinnois.
  • English Word Winner Definition One who wins, or gains by success in competition, contest, or gaming.
  • English Word Winnew Definition To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain.