Definition of wind

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Wind (v. t.) To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe..

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Outwind :: Outwind (v. t.) To extricate by winding; to unloose.
Windbound :: Windbound (a.) prevented from sailing, by a contrary wind. See Weatherbound..
Stare :: Stare (v. i.) To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, color, or brilliancy; as, staring windows or colors..
Atrophy :: Atrophy (v. i.) To waste away; to dwindle.
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..
Crankle :: Crankle (v. i.) To bend, turn, or wind..
Northeaster :: Northeaster (n.) A storm, strong wind, or gale, coming from the northeast..
Gale :: Gale (n.) A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests.
Pipe :: Pipe (v. i.) To play on a pipe, fife, flute, or other tubular wind instrument of music..
Souther :: Souther (n.) A strong wind, gale, or storm from the south..
Quill :: Quill (v. t.) To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn..
Oriel :: Oriel (n.) A bay window. See Bay window.
Cornet-a-piston :: Cornet-a-piston (n.) A brass wind instrument, like the trumpet, furnished with valves moved by small pistons or sliding rods; a cornopean; a cornet..
Squalled :: Squall (n.) A sudden violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow.
Wind :: Wind (n.) Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows..
Driving :: Driving (a.) Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or storm..
Bellows :: Bellows (n. sing. & pl.) An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for various purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or filling the pipes of an organ with wind..
Splayfeet :: Splay (a.) A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made larged at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them..
Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To entwist; to infold; to encircle.
Chopping :: Chopping (a.) Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other; as, a chopping sea..
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