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Windward :: Windward (n.) The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward; -- opposed to leeward..

Easterly :: Easterly (a.) Coming from the east; as, it was easterly wind..

Careen :: Careen (v. i.) To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel..

Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (v. t.) To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest..

Foil :: Foil (n.) The space between the cusps in Gothic architecture; a rounded or leaflike ornament, in windows, niches, etc. A group of foils is called trefoil, quatrefoil, quinquefoil, etc., according to the number of arcs of which it is composed..

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

Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath..

Wad :: Wad (n.) Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose..

Blow :: Blow (v. i.) To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows..

Weathercock :: Weathercock (n.) A vane, or weather vane; -- so called because originally often in the figure of a cock, turning on the top of a spire with the wind, and showing its direction..

Pipe :: Pipe (n.) A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pipe; the pipe of an organ..

Sirocco :: Sirocco (n.) An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily..

Windiness :: Windiness (n.) The quality or state of being windy or tempestuous; as, the windiness of the weather or the season..

Rustle :: Rustle (v. t.) To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves..

Drying :: Drying (a.) Adapted or tending to exhaust moisture; as, a drying wind or day; a drying room..

Ply :: Ply (v. i.) To work to windward; to beat.

Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To cease to be active or strong; to die away; to lose strength; to subside; to become less intense; as, the wind falls..

Integrate :: Integrate (v. t.) To indicate the whole of; to give the sum or total of; as, an integrating anemometer, one that indicates or registers the entire action of the wind in a given time..

Crook :: Crook (v. i.) To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.

Clerestory :: Clerestory (n.) The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs..

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