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Winding

Wīnd'ing, a.

adjective

a. Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; twisting.

Wīnd'ing, n.

noun

n. 1. A turn or turning; a bend; 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.

Sense 2. A call by the boatswain's whistle.