WPage 157
- 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.