Definition of wind

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Wind (n.) A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing..

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Cast :: Cast (v. i.) To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.
Wind :: Wind (n.) Air impregnated with an odor or scent.
Meander :: Meander (v. t.) To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous..
Untoward :: Untoward (a.) Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky; unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident..
Leeward :: Leeward (a.) Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the part or side toward which the wind blows; -- opposed to windward; as, a leeward berth; a leeward ship..
Harmattan :: Harmattan (n.) A dry, hot wind, prevailing on the Atlantic coast of Africa, in December, January, and February, blowing from the interior or Sahara. It is usually accompanied by a haze which obscures the sun..
Winnew :: Winnew (n.) To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain..
Fierce :: Fierce (superl.) Furious; violent; unrestrained; impetuous; as, a fierce wind..
Puff :: Puff (n.) A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff..
Loom-gale :: Loom-gale (n.) A gentle gale of wind.
Flatulent :: Flatulent (a.) Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach..
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..
Twist :: Twist (n.) A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other..
Windfall :: Windfall (n.) Anything blown down or off by the wind, as fruit from a tree, or the tree itself, or a portion of a forest prostrated by a violent wind, etc..
Volubile :: Volubile (a.) Turning, or whirling; winding; twining; voluble..
Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes..
Turning :: Turning (n.) The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a fiexure; a meander..
Screen :: Screen (v. t.) To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill..
Upblow :: Upblow (v. i.) To blow up; as, the wind upblows from the sea..
Whirlwind :: Whirlwind (n.) Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward.
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