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Pawl :: Pawl (n.) A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine, adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel..

Aquilon :: Aquilon (n.) The north wind.

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

Worm :: Worm (n.) To wind rope, yarn, or other material, spirally round, between the strands of, as a cable; to wind with spun yarn, as a small rope..

Cyclone :: Cyclone (n.) A violent storm, often of vast extent, characterized by high winds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure. This center moves onward, often with a velocity of twenty or thirty miles an hour..

Windfall :: Windfall (n.) An unexpected legacy, or other gain..

Eavesdrop :: Eavesdrop (v. i.) To stand under the eaves, near a window or at the door, of a house, to listen and learn what is said within doors; hence, to listen secretly to what is said in private..

Grated :: Grated (a.) Furnished with a grate or grating; as, grated windows..

Eglomerate :: Eglomerate (v. t.) To unwind, as a thread from a ball..

Twine :: Twine (n.) The act of twining or winding round.

Windowing :: Windowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Windo.

Bayou :: Bayou (n.) An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movement except from tide and wind..

Strewed :: Stretto (n.) In an opera or oratorio, a coda, or winding up, in an accelerated time..

Mazy :: Mazy (a.) Perplexed with turns and windings; winding; intricate; confusing; perplexing; embarrassing; as, mazy error..

Tracer/y :: Tracer/y (n.) The decorative head of a Gothic window.

Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) The destruction or injury of a vessel by being cast on shore, or on rocks, or by being disabled or sunk by the force of winds or waves; shipwreck..

Durance :: Durance (n.) In modern manufacture, a worsted of one color used for window blinds and similar purposes..

Moulinet :: Moulinet (n.) A machine formerly used for bending a crossbow by winding it up.

Etesian :: Etesian (a.) Periodical; annual; -- applied to winds which annually blow from the north over the Mediterranean, esp. the eastern part, for an irregular period during July and August..

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

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