Winder
- v. i. To wither; to fail.
- n. One who, or that which, winds; hence, a creeping or winding plant.
- n. An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like.
- 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.
- v. t. & i. To fan; to clean grain with a fan.
- n. A blow taking away the breath.
The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.