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Pane :: Pane (n.) Especially, in modern use, the glass in one compartment of a window sash..

Pallet :: Pallet (n.) In the organ, a valve between the wind chest and the mouth of a pipe or row of pipes..

Velocity :: Velocity (n.) Quickness of motion; swiftness; speed; celerity; rapidity; as, the velocity of wind; the velocity of a planet or comet in its orbit or course; the velocity of a cannon ball; the velocity of light..

Offshore :: Offshore (a.) From the shore; as, an offshore wind; an offshore signal..

Cowl :: Cowl (n.) A cowl-shaped cap, commonly turning with the wind, used to improve the draft of a chimney, ventilating shaft, etc..

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..

Blanket :: Blanket (v. t.) To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her.

Untoward :: Untoward (a.) Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky; unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident..

Ventiduct :: Ventiduct (n.) A passage for wind or air; a passage or pipe for ventilating apartments.

Windy :: Windy (superl.) Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind.

Windless :: Windless (a.) Having no wind; calm.

Blore :: Blore (n.) The act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast.

Windowpane :: Windowpane (n.) See Pane, n., (3) b..

Tax :: Tax (n.) Especially, the sum laid upon specific things, as upon polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a land tax; a window tax; a tax on carriages, and the like..

Boxhaul :: Boxhaul (v. t.) To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind)..

Cynanche :: Cynanche (n.) Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing..

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

Meandry :: Meandry (a.) Winding; flexuous.

Set :: Set (v. i.) To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward..

Wind :: Wind (n.) Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument..

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