Windflower

1. n. The anemone; — so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing. See Anemone.

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Windgall

1. n. A soft tumor or synovial swelling on the fetlock joint of a horse; — so called from having formerly been supposed to contain air.

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Windbore

1. n. The lower, or bottom, pipe in a lift of pumps in a mine.

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Windbound

1. a. prevented from sailing, by a contrary wind. See Weatherbound.

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Wind-break

1. n. A clump of trees serving for a protection against the force of wind.
2. v. t. To break the wind of; to cause to lose breath; to exhaust.

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Wind-broken

1. 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.

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Winder

1. v. i. To wither; to fail.
2. n. One who, or that which, winds; hence, a creeping or winding plant.
3. n. An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like.
4. n. 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.
5. v. t. & i. To fan; to clean grain with a fan.
6. n. A blow taking away the breath.

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Winded

1. of Wind

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Winding

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Wind
2. n. A call by the boatswain’s whistle.
3. a. Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.
4. n. A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream.

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Wind

1. n. The dotterel.
2. v. t. To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball.
3. v. t. To entwist; to infold; to encircle.
4. v. t. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one’s pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
5. v. t. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
6. v. t. To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine.
7. v. i. To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole.
8. v. i. To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees.
9. v. i. To go to the one side or the other; to move this way and that; to double on one’s course; as, a hare pursued turns and winds.
10. n. The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.
11. 1n. 1 The dotterel.
12. 1v. t. 1 To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball.

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