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WIND-RODE, n. A term used by seamen to signify a ship when riding with wind and ...
WIND-SAIL, n. [wind and sail.] A wide tube or funnel of canvas, used to convey a...
WIND-SHOCK, n. [wind and shock.] A sort of bruise or shiver in a tree.
WIND-TIGHT, a. [wind and tight.] So tight as to prevent the passing of wind.
WINDAGE, n. The difference between the diameter of a piece and that of a ball or...
WINDBOUND, a. [wind and bound.] Prevented from sailing by a contrary wind.]
WINDER, v.t. To fan; to clean grain with a fan. [Local.]
WINDER-MEB, n. A bird of the genus Larus, or gull-kind.
WINDFALL, n. [wind and fall.] 1. Fruit blown off the tree by wind. 2. An unexpec...
WINDGED-PEA, n. A plant.
WINDINESS, n. [from windey.] 1. The state of being windy or tempestuous; as the ...
WINDING, ppr. 1. Turning; binding about; bending. 2. a. Bending; twisting from a...
WINDING-ENGINE, n. An engine employed in mining, to draw up buckets from a deep ...
WINDING-SHEET, n. [winding and sheet.] A sheet in which a corpse is wrapped.
WINDING-TACKLE, n. [winding and tackle.] A tackle consisting of one fixed triple...
WINDLAS, WINDLASS, n. [wind and lace.]