Definition of winding

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Winding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Win.

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Woolding :: Woolding (n.) The act of winding or wrapping anything with a rope, as a mast..
Winding :: Winding (n.) A call by the boatswain's whistle.
Twining :: Twining (a.) Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant..
Swerve :: Swerve (v. i.) To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
Stem-winding :: Stem-winder (n.) A stem-winding watch.
Meandrian :: Meandrian (a.) Winding; having many turns.
Serpentine :: Serpentine (a.) Resembling a serpent; having the shape or qualities of a serpent; subtle; winding or turning one way and the other, like a moving serpent; anfractuous; meandering; sinuous; zigzag; as, serpentine braid..
Turnpike :: Turnpike (n.) A winding stairway.
Sinuation :: Sinuation (n.) A winding or bending in and out.
Insinuating :: Insinuating (a.) Winding, creeping, or flowing in, quietly or stealthily; suggesting; winning favor and confidence insensibly..
Strewed :: Stretto (n.) In an opera or oratorio, a coda, or winding up, in an accelerated time..
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..
Mazy :: Mazy (a.) Perplexed with turns and windings; winding; intricate; confusing; perplexing; embarrassing; as, mazy error..
Twist :: Twist (n.) A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other..
Knubs :: Knubs (n. pl.) Waste silk formed in winding off the threads from a cocoon.
Marl :: Marl (v. t.) To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding..
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..
Roll :: Roll (n.) To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to inwrap; -- often with up; as, to roll up a parcel..
Circumflexion :: Circumflexion (n.) A winding about; a turning; a circuity; a fold.
Gauche :: Gauche (n.) Winding; twisted; warped; -- applied to curves and surfaces.
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