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Meander :: Meander (n.) A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of the veins and arteries..

Marline :: Marline (v.) A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened by fretting..

Volubile :: Volubile (a.) Turning, or whirling; winding; twining; voluble..

Meandry :: Meandry (a.) Winding; flexuous.

Snaky :: Snaky (a.) Of or pertaining to a snake or snakes; resembling a snake; serpentine; winding.

Winding :: Winding (n.) A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream..

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet..

Return :: Return (n.) The turnings and windings of a trench or mine.

Wind :: Wind (n.) The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.

Roll :: Roll (n.) To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to inwrap; -- often with up; as, to roll up a parcel..

Convolution :: Convolution (n.) The state of being rolled upon itself, or rolled or doubled together; a tortuous or sinuous winding or fold, as of something rolled or folded upon itself..

Spiral :: Spiral (a.) Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring..

Winding :: Winding (n.) 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..

Twining :: Twining (a.) Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant..

Gauche :: Gauche (n.) Winding; twisted; warped; -- applied to curves and surfaces.

Heck :: Heck (n.) A bend or winding of a stream.

Insinuate :: Insinuate (v. t.) To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow passage, or a gentle, persistent movement..

Mule :: Mule (n.) A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool, etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; -- called also jenny and mule-jenny..

Brakeman :: Brakeman (n.) The man in charge of the winding (or hoisting) engine for a mine.

Winder :: Winder (n.) An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like..

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