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Grate :: Grate (v. t.) To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window..

Freshly :: Freshly (adv.) In a fresh manner; vigorously; newly, recently; brightly; briskly; coolly; as, freshly gathered; freshly painted; the wind blows freshly..

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

Windward :: Windward (a.) Situated toward the point from which the wind blows; as, the Windward Islands..

Winding :: Winding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Win.

Ciliated :: Ciliated (a.) Provided with, or surrounded by, cilia; as, a ciliate leaf; endowed with vibratory motion; as, the ciliated epithelium of the windpipe..

Rose :: Rose (n.) A rose window. See Rose window, below..

Frontal :: Frontal (n.) A little pediment over a door or window.

Baffle :: Baffle (v. i.) To struggle against in vain; as, a ship baffles with the winds..

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..

Afer :: Afer (n.) The southwest wind.

Fusee :: Fusee (n.) The cone or conical wheel of a watch or clock, designed to equalize the power of the mainspring by having the chain from the barrel which contains the spring wind in a spiral groove on the surface of the cone in such a manner that the diameter of the cone at the point where the chain acts may correspond with the degree of tension of the spring..

Waterboard :: Waterboard (n.) A board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water..

Aweather :: Aweather (adv.) On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm aweather!.

Oriel :: Oriel (n.) A bay window. See Bay window.

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..

Harmonicon :: Harmonicon (n.) A small, flat, wind instrument of music, in which the notes are produced by the vibration of free metallic reeds..

Hypallage :: Hypallage (n.) A figure consisting of a transference of attributes from their proper subjects to other. Thus Virgil says, dare classibus austros, to give the winds to the fleets, instead of dare classibus austris, to give the fleets to the winds..

Windy :: Windy (superl.) Fig.: Empty; airy.

Artery :: Artery (n.) The trachea or windpipe.

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