Definition of winding

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Winding (n.) A call by the boatswain's whistle.

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Bine :: Bine (n.) The winding or twining stem of a hop vine or other climbing plant.
Serpentine :: Serpentine (a.) Resembling a serpent; having the shape or qualities of a serpent; subtle; winding or turning one way and the other, like a moving serpent; anfractuous; meandering; sinuous; zigzag; as, serpentine braid..
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..
Labyrinthian :: Labyrinthian (a.) Intricately winding; like a labyrinth; perplexed; labyrinthal.
Stench :: Stem-winding (a.) Wound by mechanism connected with the stem; as, a stem-winding watch..
Flexuous :: Flexuous (a.) Having turns, windings, or flexures..
Sinuosity :: Sinuosity (n.) A bend, or a series of bends and turns; a winding, or a series of windings; a wave line; a curve..
Spiral :: Spiral (a.) Winding round a cylinder or imaginary axis, and at the same time rising or advancing forward; winding like the thread of a screw; helical..
Tortuose :: Tortuose (a.) Wreathed; twisted; winding.
Anfracture :: Anfracture (n.) A mazy winding.
Heck :: Heck (n.) A bend or winding of a stream.
Winder :: Winder (n.) An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like..
Sinuous :: Sinuous (a.) Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked.
Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible substance, round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as, to twist yarn or thread..
Winder :: Winder (n.) One who, or that which, winds; hence, a creeping or winding plant..
Winding :: Winding (n.) A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream..
Twist :: Twist (v. t.) Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to wreathe; to make up..
Anfractuous :: Anfractuous (a.) Winding; full of windings and turnings; sinuous; tortuous; as, the anfractuous spires of a born..
Twist :: Twist (n.) A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other..
Marline :: Marline (v.) A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened by fretting..
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