Chapter 1894

7. A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the four winds .

Come from the four winds , O breath, and breathe upon these slain. Ezek. xxxvii. 9.

&hand; This sense seems to have had its origin in the East. The Hebrews gave to each of the four cardinal points the name of wind .

8. (Far.) A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.

9. Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.

Nor think thou with wind Of airy threats to awe. Milton.

10. (Zo\'94l.) The dotterel. [Prov. Eng.]

&hand; Wind is often used adjectively, or as the first part of compound words.

All in the wind . (Naut.) See under All , n. -- Before the wind . (Naut.) See under Before . -- Between wind and water (Naut.) , in that part of a ship's side or bottom which is frequently brought above water by the rolling of the ship, or fluctuation of the water's surface. Hence, colloquially, (as an injury to that part of a vessel, in an engagement, is particularly dangerous) the vulnerable part or point of anything. -- Cardinal winds . See under Cardinal , a. -- Down the wind . (a) In the direction of, and moving with, the wind; as, birds fly swiftly down the wind . (b) Decaying; declining; in a state of decay. [Obs.] "He went down the wind still." L'Estrange . -- In the wind's eye (Naut.) , directly toward the point from which the wind blows. -- Three sheets in the wind , unsteady from drink. [Sailors' Slang] <-- usu. three sheets to the wind. --> -- To be in the wind , to be suggested or expected; to be a matter of suspicion or surmise. [Colloq.] -- To carry the wind (Man.) , to toss the nose as high as the ears, as a horse. -- To raise the wind , to procure money. [Colloq.] -- To take , &or; have , the wind , to gain or have the advantage. Bacon . -- To take the wind out of one's sails , to cause one to stop, or lose way, as when a vessel intercepts the wind of another. [Colloq.] -- To take wind , &or; To get wind , to be divulged; to become public; as, the story got wind , or took wind . -- Wind band (Mus.) , a band of wind instruments; a military band; the wind instruments of an orchestra. -- Wind chest (Mus.) , a chest or reservoir of wind in an organ. -- Wind dropsy . (Med.) (a) Tympanites. (b) Emphysema of the subcutaneous areolar tissue. -- Wind egg , an imperfect, unimpregnated, or addled egg. -- Wind furnace . See the Note under Furnace . -- Wind gauge . See under Gauge . -- Wind gun . Same as Air gun . -- Wind hatch (Mining) , the opening or place where the ore is taken out of the earth. -- Wind instrument (Mus.) , an instrument of music sounded by means of wind, especially by means of the breath, as a flute, a clarinet, etc. -- Wind pump , a pump moved by a windmill. -- Wind rose , a table of the points of the compass, giving the states of the barometer, etc., connected with winds from the different directions. -- Wind sail . (a) (Naut.) A wide tube or funnel of canvas, used to convey a stream of air for ventilation into the lower compartments of a vessel. (b) The sail or vane of a windmill. -- Wind shake , a crack or incoherence in timber produced by violent winds while the timber was growing. -- Wind shock , a wind shake. -- Wind side , the side next the wind; the windward side. [R.] Mrs. Browning . -- Wind rush (Zo\'94l.) , the redwing. [Prov. Eng.] -- Wind wheel , a motor consisting of a wheel moved by wind. -- Wood wind (Mus.) , the flutes and reed instruments of an orchestra, collectively.

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Wind (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Winded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Winding .]

1. To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.

2. To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game .

3. (a) To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath. (b) To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.

To wind a ship (Naut.) , to turn it end for end, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.

Wind <Xpage=1655>

Wind (?) , v. t. [From Wind , moving air, but confused in sense and in conjugation with wind to turn.] [ imp. & p. p. Wound (wound) , R. Winded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Winding .] To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes. "Hunters who wound their horns."

Pennant.

Ye vigorous swains, while youth ferments your blood, . . . Wind the shrill horn. Pope.

That blast was winded by the king. Sir W. Scott.

Windage <Xpage=1655>

Wind"age (?) , n. [From Wind air in motion.]

1. (Gun.) The difference between the diameter of the bore of a gun and that of the shot fired from it.

2. The sudden compression of the air caused by a projectile in passing close to another body.

Windas <Xpage=1655>

Wind"as (?) , n. See 3d Windlass . [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Windbore <Xpage=1655>

Wind"bore` (?) , n. The lower, or bottom, pipe in a lift of pumps in a mine.

Ansted.

Windbound <Xpage=1655>

Wind"bound` (?) , a. (Naut.) prevented from sailing, by a contrary wind. See Weatherbound .

Wind-break <Xpage=1655>

Wind"-break` (?) , v. t. To break the wind of; to cause to lose breath; to exhaust. [R.]

'T would wind-break a mule to vie burdens with her. Ford.

Wind-break <Xpage=1655>

Wind"-break` , n. A clump of trees serving for a protection against the force of wind. [Local, U. S.]

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Wind"-bro`ken (?) , a. Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of air cells of the lungs, so that while the inspiration is by one effort, the expiration is by two; affected with pulmonary emphysema or with heaves; -- said of a horse.

Youatt.

Winder <Xpage=1655>

Wind"er (?) , n. [From Wind to turn.]

1. One who, or that which, winds; hence, a creeping or winding plant.

2. An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like.

3. (Arch.) One in a flight of steps which are curved in plan, so that each tread is broader at one end than at the other; -- distinguished from flyer .

Winder <Xpage=1655>

Wind"er (?) , v. t. & i. [Prov. E. winder a fan, and to winnow. <?/. Cf. Winnow .] To fan; to clean grain with a fan. [Prov. Eng.]

Winder <Xpage=1655>

Wind"er , n. A blow taking away the breath. [Slang]

Winder <Xpage=1655>

Wind"er , v. i. To wither; to fail. [Obs.]

Holland.

Windfall <Xpage=1655>

Wind"fall` (?) , n. 1. Anything blown down or off by the wind, as fruit from a tree, or the tree itself, or a portion of a forest prostrated by a violent wind, etc. "They became a windfall upon the sudden."

Bacon.

2. An unexpected legacy, or other gain.

He had a mighty windfall out of doubt. B. Jonson.

<-- windfall profits. profits obtained due to a chance ot unanticipated event that causes an asset to increase unexpectedly in value. In contrast to profits earned as the normal and expected yield of an enterprise. -->

Windfallen <Xpage=1655>

Wind"fall`en (?) , a. Blown down by the wind.

Wind-fertilized <Xpage=1655>

Wind"-fer`ti*lized (?) , a. (Bot.) Anemophilous; fertilized by pollen borne by the wind.

Windflower <Xpage=1655>

Wind"flow`er (?) , n. (Bot.) The anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing. See Anemone .

Windgall <Xpage=1655>

Wind"gall` (?) , n. (Far.) A soft tumor or synovial swelling on the fetlock joint of a horse; -- so called from having formerly been supposed to contain air.

Windhover <Xpage=1655>

Wind"hov`er (?) , n. [From its habit of hovering over one spot.] (Zo\'94l.) The kestrel; -- called also windbibber , windcuffer , windfanner . [Prov. Eng.]

Windiness <Xpage=1655>

Wind"i*ness (?) , n. 1. The quality or state of being windy or tempestuous; as, the windiness of the weather or the season .

2. Fullness of wind; flatulence.

3. Tendency to generate wind or gas; tendency to produce flatulence; as, the windiness of vegetables .

4. Tumor; puffiness.

The swelling windiness of much knowledge. Brerewood.

Winding <Xpage=1655>

Wind"ing (?) , n. [From Wind to blow.] (Naut.) A call by the boatswain's whistle.

Winding <Xpage=1655>

Wind"ing , a. [From Wind to twist.] Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.

Keble.

Winding <Xpage=1655>

Wind"ing , n. A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream .

To nurse the saplings tall, and curl the grove With ringlets quaint, and wanton windings wove. Milton.

<-- 2. A line- or ribbon-shaped material (as wire, string, or bandaging) wound around an object; as, the windings (conducting wires) wound around the armature of an electric motor or generator . -->

Winding engine , an engine employed in mining to draw up buckets from a deep pit; a hoisting engine. -- Winding sheet , a sheet in which a corpse is wound or wrapped. -- Winding tackle (Naut.) , a tackle consisting of a fixed triple block, and a double or triple movable block, used for hoisting heavy articles in or out of a vessel. Totten.

Windingly <Xpage=1655>

Wind"ing*ly , adv. In a winding manner.

Windlace <Xpage=1655>

Wind"lace (?) , n. & v. See Windlass . [Obs.]

Two arblasts, . . . with windlaces and quarrels. Sir W. Scott.

Windlass <Xpage=1655>

Wind"lass (?) , n. [Perhaps from wind to turn + lace .] A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course; a shift.

Windlass <Xpage=1655>

Wind"lass , v. i. To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means. [Obs.]

Hammond.

Windlass <Xpage=1655>

Wind"lass , n. [OE. windelas , windas , Icel. vindil\'bess , vind\'bes , fr. vinda to wind + \'bess a pole; cf. Goth. ans a beam. See Wind to turn.]

1. A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam.

2. An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow. [Obs.]

Shak.

Chinese windlass . See Differential windlass , under Differential .

Windlass <Xpage=1655>

Wind"lass , v. t. & i. To raise with, or as with, a windlass; to use a windlass.

The Century.

Windle <Xpage=1655>

Win"dle (?) , n. [From Wind to turn.]

1. A spindle; a kind of reel; a winch.

2. (Zo\'94l.) The redwing. [Prov. Eng.]

Windless <Xpage=1655>

Wind"less (?) , a. 1. Having no wind; calm.

2. Wanting wind; out of breath.

Windlestrae, Windlestraw <Xpage=1655>

Win"dle*strae` (?) , Win"dle*straw` (?) , n. (Bot.) A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, esp. Agrostis Spica-ventis . [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Shelley.

Windmill <Xpage=1655>

Wind"mill` (?) , n. A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a horizontal shaft.

Chaucer.

Windore <Xpage=1655>

Win"dore (?) , n. [A corrupt. of window ; or perh. coined on the wrong assumption that window is from wind + door .] A window. [Obs.]

Hudibras.

Window <Xpage=1655>

Win"dow (?) , n. [OE. windowe , windoge , Icel. vindauga window, properly, wind eye; akin to Dan. vindue . <?/<?/<?/<?/. See Wind , n. , and Eye .]

1. An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually closed by casements or sashes containing some transparent material, as glass, and capable of being opened and shut at pleasure.

I leaped from the window of the citadel. Shak.

Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow. Milton.

2. (Arch.) The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening.

3. A figure formed of lines crossing each other. [R.]

Till he has windows on his bread and butter. King.

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French window (Arch.) , a casement window in two folds, usually reaching to the floor; -- called also French casement . -- Window back (Arch.) , the inside face of the low, and usually thin, piece of wall between the window sill and the floor below. -- Window blind , a blind or shade for a window. -- Window bole , part of a window closed by a shutter which can be opened at will. [Scot.] -- Window box , one of the hollows in the sides of a window frame for the weights which counterbalance a lifting sash. <-- also called counterweight channel. (b) a box placed outside a window, on the windowsill, containing soil, in which flowers are grown or displayed as decoration.--> -- Window frame , the frame of a window which receives and holds the sashes or casement. -- Window glass , panes of glass for windows; the kind of glass used in windows. -- Window martin (Zo\'94l.) , the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.] -- Window oyster (Zo\'94l.) , a marine bivalve shell ( Placuna placenta ) native of the East Indies and China. Its valves are very broad, thin, and translucent, and are said to have been used formerly in place of glass. -- Window pane . (a) (Arch.) See Pane , n. , 3 (b) . (b) (Zo\'94l.) See Windowpane , in the Vocabulary. -- Window sash , the sash, or light frame, in which panes of glass are set for windows. -- Window seat , a seat arranged in the recess of a window. See Window stool , under Stool . -- Window shade , a shade or blind for a window; usually, one that is hung on a roller. -- Window shell (Zo\'94l.) , the window oyster. -- Window shutter , a shutter or blind used to close or darken windows. -- Window sill (Arch.) , the flat piece of wood, stone, or the like, at the bottom of a window frame. -- Window swallow (Zo\'94l.) , the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.] -- Window tax , a tax or duty formerly levied on all windows, or openings for light, above the number of eight in houses standing in cities or towns. [Eng.]

Window <Xpage=1656>

Win"dow (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Windowed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Windowing .]

1. To furnish with windows.

2. To place at or in a window. [R.]

Wouldst thou be windowed in great Rome and see Thy master thus with pleach'd arms, bending down His corrigible neck? Shak.

Windowed <Xpage=1656>

Win"dowed (?) , a. Having windows or openings. [R.] "Looped and windowed raggedness."

Shak.

Windowless <Xpage=1656>

Win"dow*less , a. Destitute of a window.

Carlyle.

Windowpane <Xpage=1656>

Win"dow*pane` (?) , n. 1. (Arch.) See Pane , n. , (3) b . [In this sense, written also window pane .]

2. (Zo\'94l.) A thin, spotted American turbot ( Pleuronectes maculatus ) remarkable for its translucency. It is not valued as a food fish. Called also spotted turbot , daylight , spotted sand flounder , and water flounder .

Windowy <Xpage=1656>

Win"dow*y (?) , a. Having little crossings or openings like the sashes of a window. [R.]

Donne.

Windpipe <Xpage=1656>

Wind"pipe` (?) , n. (Anat.) The passage for the breath from the larynx to the lungs; the trachea; the weasand. See Illust . under Lung .

Wind-plant <Xpage=1656>

Wind"-plant` (?) , n. (Bot.) A windflower.

Wind-rode <Xpage=1656>

Wind"-rode` (?) , a. (Naut.) Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide; -- said of a vessel lying at anchor, with wind and tide opposed to each other.

Totten.

Windrow <Xpage=1656>

Wind"row` (?) , n. [ Wind + row .]

1. A row or line of hay raked together for the purpose of being rolled into cocks or heaps.

2. Sheaves of grain set up in a row, one against another, that the wind may blow between them. [Eng.]

3. The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth on other land to mend it. [Eng.]

Windrow <Xpage=1656>

Wind"row , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Windrowed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Windrowing .] To arrange in lines or windrows, as hay when newly made.

Forby.

Windsor <Xpage=1656>

Wind"sor (?) , n. A town in Berkshire, England.

Windsor bean . (Bot.) See under Bean . -- Windsor chair , a kind of strong, plain, polished, wooden chair. Simmonds . -- Windsor soap , a scented soap well known for its excellence.

Windstorm <Xpage=1656>

Wind"storm (?) , n. A storm characterized by high wind with little or no rain.

Wind-sucker <Xpage=1656>

Wind"-suck`er (?) , n. 1. ( Far .) A horse given to wind-sucking

Law.

2. (Zo\'94l.) The kestrel.

B. Jonson.

Wind-sucking <Xpage=1656>

Wind"-suck`ing , n. (Far.) A vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the swallowing of air; -- usually associated with crib-biting, or cribbing. See Cribbing , 4.

Windtight <Xpage=1656>

Wind"tight` (?) , a. So tight as to prevent the passing through of wind.

Bp. Hall.

Windward <Xpage=1656>

Wind"ward (?) , n. The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward ; -- opposed to leeward .