Definition of wind

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Wind (v. t.) To entwist; to infold; to encircle.

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Fury :: Fury (n.) Violent anger; extreme wrath; rage; -- sometimes applied to inanimate things, as the wind or storms; impetuosity; violence..
Strong :: Strong (superl.) Moving with rapidity or force; violent; forcible; impetuous; as, a strong current of water or wind; the wind was strong from the northeast; a strong tide..
Windiness :: Windiness (n.) Tendency to generate wind or gas; tendency to produce flatulence; as, the windiness of vegetables..
Valance :: Valance (n.) Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like, especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the floor..
Dormer :: Dormer (n.) Alt. of Dormer windo.
Tack :: Tack (v. t.) To change the direction of (a vessel) when sailing closehauled, by putting the helm alee and shifting the tacks and sails so that she will proceed to windward nearly at right angles to her former course..
Carrol :: Carrol (n.) A small closet or inclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study. The word was used as late as the 16th century..
Elbowboard :: Elbowboard (n.) The base of a window casing, on which the elbows may rest..
Subvention :: Subventaneous (a.) Produced by the wind.
Drift :: Drift (v. i.) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts..
Aeolus :: Aeolus (n.) The god of the winds.
Levanter :: Levanter (n.) A strong easterly wind peculiar to the Mediterranean.
Winder :: Winder (n.) An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like..
Breastsummer :: Breastsummer (n.) A summer or girder extending across a building flush with, and supporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a long lintel; a girder; -- used principally above shop windows..
Outwind :: Outwind (v. t.) To extricate by winding; to unloose.
Wind :: Wind (n.) Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument..
Longiloquence :: Longiloquence (n.) Long-windedness.
Gripe :: Gripe (v. i.) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm..
Wind :: Wind (n.) Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows..
Anemone :: Anemone (n.) A genus of plants of the Ranunculus or Crowfoot family; windflower. Some of the species are cultivated in gardens.
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