Wīnd'ing1, a.
a. Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; twisting.
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a. Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; twisting.
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.