Definition of wind

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Wind (v. t.) To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine..

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Splay :: Splay (v. t.) To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope or slant, as the side of a door, window, etc..
Trumpet :: Trumpet (n.) A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved (once or twice) into a convenient shape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their compass, although at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone..
Windmill :: Windmill (n.) A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a horizontal shaft..
Windless :: Windless (a.) Wanting wind; out of breath.
Turn :: Turn (n.) One of the successive portions of a course, or of a series of occurrences, reckoning from change to change; hence, a winding; a bend; a meander..
Eglomerate :: Eglomerate (v. t.) To unwind, as a thread from a ball..
Double-hung :: Double-hung (a.) Having both sashes hung with weights and cords; -- said of a window.
Curtain :: Curtain (n.) A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a movable screen for concealing the stage..
Anemography :: Anemography (n.) A description of the winds.
Lee :: Lee (n.) That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See Lee, a..
Windowless :: Windowless (a.) Destitute of a window.
Whitecap :: Whitecap (n.) A wave whose crest breaks into white foam, as when the wind is freshening..
Austromancy :: Austromancy (n.) Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds..
Full-blown :: Full-blown (a.) Fully distended with wind, as a sail..
Glase :: Glase (v. t.) To furnish (a window, a house, a sash, a ease, etc.) with glass..
Swine :: Swindlery (n.) Swindling; rougery.
Winder :: Winder (n.) An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like..
Fake :: Fake (n.) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil..
Northeast :: Northeast (a.) Of or pertaining to the northeast; proceeding toward the northeast, or coming from that point; as, a northeast course; a northeast wind..
Rustle :: Rustle (v. t.) To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves..
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