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Mule :: Mule (n.) A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool, etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; -- called also jenny and mule-jenny..

Woolding :: Woolding (n.) The act of winding or wrapping anything with a rope, as a mast..

Convolution :: Convolution (n.) The act of rolling anything upon itself, or one thing upon another; a winding motion..

Twine :: Twine (n.) The act of twining or winding round.

Moulinet :: Moulinet (n.) A machine formerly used for bending a crossbow by winding it up.

Roll :: Roll (n.) To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to inwrap; -- often with up; as, to roll up a parcel..

Marl :: Marl (v. t.) To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding..

Turnpike :: Turnpike (n.) A winding stairway.

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

Stem-winding :: Stem-winder (n.) A stem-winding watch.

Volubile :: Volubile (a.) Turning, or whirling; winding; twining; voluble..

Corkscrew :: Corkscrew (v. t.) To press forward in a winding way; as, to corkscrew one's way through a crowd..

Stench :: Stem-winding (a.) Wound by mechanism connected with the stem; as, a stem-winding watch..

Sinuosity :: Sinuosity (n.) A bend, or a series of bends and turns; a winding, or a series of windings; a wave line; a curve..

Doubling :: Doubling (n.) A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice..

Liquidator :: Liquidator (n.) An officer appointed to conduct the winding up of a company, to bring and defend actions and suits in its name, and to do all necessary acts on behalf of the company..

Gauche :: Gauche (n.) Winding; twisted; warped; -- applied to curves and surfaces.

Wind :: Wind (n.) The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.

Tortuous :: Tortuous (a.) Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla..

Twining :: Twining (a.) Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant..

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