Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Wince, v. i. p. 1516To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back. I will not stir, nor wince. Shak. 2. To kick or flounce when unsteady, or impatient of a rider; as, a horse winces. Let the galled…Winge, n. p. 1516See WINCING-MACHINE.Wince'-pit, n. p. 1516A pit where calico in the process of manufacture is washed. Tomlinson.Win'cer, n. p. 1516One who, or that which, winces, shrinks, or kicks.Win'cey, n. p. 1516Linsey-woolsey. Simmonds.Winch, n. p. 1516A lever having a projecting handle at one end, and the other end fixed to an axle of a machine for giving motion to it, as in the grindstone, windlass, and the like. 2. An instrument with which to…Winçh, v. i. p. 1516To wince; to shrink; to kick with impatience or uneasiness. [Obs.] Skelton.Wĭn'ches-ter Bush'el p. 1516See BUSHEL.Wĭn'çing-ma-çhïne', n. p. 1516A dyer's reel suspended in an horizontal position over the bath, so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment, according to the direction in which it is made to revolve;—called also…Wine'o-pipe, n. p. 1516A little red flower, which, when it opens in the morning, is supposed to bode a fair day. There is a small red flower in the stubble-fields which country people call the wineopipe, which if it opens…Wind, n. p. 1516Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air. “Winds were soft, and woods were green.” Longfellow. Except wind stands as never it stood, It is an ill wind that turns none to…Wind, v. t. p. 1516To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate. 2. To perceive or follow by the scent; to nose; as, hounds wind an animal. 3. (Man.) (a.) To drive hard, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind.…Wind, v. t. p. 1516To blow; to sound by blowing; especially, to sound so that the notes shall be prolonged and mutually involved. “Hunters who wound their horns.” Pennant. Ye vigorous swains, while youth ferments your…Wind, v. t. p. 1516To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about any thing; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a…Wind, v. i. p. 1516To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about any thing; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole. So swift your judgments turn and wind. Dryden. 2. To have a…Wind, n. p. 1516The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a winding. [Rare.]Wind'age, n. p. 1516(Gun.) The difference between the diameter of the bore of a gun and that of the shot fired from it.Wind'bōre, n. p. 1516The lower or bottom pipe in a lift of pumps in a mine. Ansted.Wind'bound, a. p. 1517(Naut.) Prevented from sailing by a contrary wind.Wind'-break, v. t. p. 1517To break the wind of; to cause to lose breath; to exhaust. [Rare.] 'Twould wind-break a mule to vie burdens with her. Ford.Wind'-brōk'en, a. p. 1517Diseased in the power of breathing by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of some of the air-cells, so that while the inspiration is by one effort, the expiration is by two. Youatt.Wind'-chĕst, n. p. 1517(Mus.) A chest or reservoir of wind in an organ.Wind'-drŏp'sy, n. p. 1517(Med.) (a.) A swelling of the abdomen from wind in the intestines; tympanites. (b.) A white, crepitant, shining, elastic, indolent tumor of the integuments, caused by the introduction of air into the…Wind'-ègg, n. p. 1517An addle egg.Wind'er, n. p. 1517One who, or that which, winds; hence, a creeping or winding plant. 2. A reel or swift for winding silk, cotton, or the like, upon. 3. One of the steps of a winding staircase.Wind'er, v. t. or i. p. 1517To fan; to clean grain with a fan. [Prov. Eng.]Wind'er, v. i. p. 1517To wither; to fail. [Obs.] Holland.Wind'er-mēw, n. p. 1517(Ornith.) A bird of the genus Larus, of the gull kind.Wind'fall, n. p. 1517Any thing 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, and the like. 2. An unexpected legacy, or other gain.Wind'fallen, a. p. 1517Blown down by the wind.Wind'-flow'er, n. p. 1517The anemone;—so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing.Wind'-fur'nace, n. p. 1517A furnace in which the air is supplied by an artificial current, as from a bellows.Wind'-gail, n. p. 1517(Far.) A soft tumor on the fetlock joints of a horse;—so called from having formerly been supposed to contain air.Wind'-gāuge, n. p. 1517An instrument for ascertaining the velocity and force of wind; an anemometer.Wind'-gŭn, n. p. 1517A gun discharged by the force of compressed air; an air-gun.Wind'-hātech, n. p. 1517(Mining.) The opening or place where the ore is taken out of the earth.Wind'-hŏv'er (-hŭv'er), n. p. 1517A species of hawk; a kestrel or stannel;—so called from hovering in the air while watching for its prey.Wind'i-ness, n. p. 1517The state or quality of being windy or tempestuous; as, the windiness of the weather or season. 2. Fullness of wind; flatulence. 3. Tendency to generate wind or gas; tendency to produce flatulence…Wīnd'ing, a. p. 1517Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; twisting.Wīnd'ing, n. p. 1517A 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. 2. A call by…Wīnd'ing-ĕn'ġĭne, n. p. 1517An engine employed, in mining, to draw up buckets from a deep pit.Wind'ing-ly, adv. p. 1517In a winding or circuitous manner.Wind'ing-sheet, n. p. 1517A sheet in which a corpse is wound or wrapped.Wind'ing-tăck/le, n. p. 1517(Naut.) A tackle consisting of one fixed triple block, and one double or triple movable block, used for hoisting heavy articles in or out of a vessel. Totten.Wind'-in'stru-ment, n. p. 1517(Mus.) An instrument of music sounded by means of wind, especially by means of the breath, as a flute, a clarionet, and the like.Wind'lace, n. p. 1517A windlass. 2. An apparatus for bending the bow of an arblast or cross-gun. Here be two arblasts, comrade, with windlaces and quarrells. W. Scott.Wind'lace, v. i. p. 1517See WINDLASS, v. i. [Obs.]Wind'lass, v. i. p. 1517To go warily to work; to act indirectly. Hammond.Wind'lass, n. p. 1517A machine for raising weights, consisting of a cylinder or roller of timber, moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, with a rope or chain attached to the weight. 2. The…Win'dle, n. p. 1517A spindle; a kind of reel.Win'dle-straw, n. p. 1517A stalk of grass; a reed. [Prov. Eng.]Wind'less, a. p. 1517Having no wind; wanting wind; out of breath.Wind'-mill, n. p. 1517A mill turned by the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from an horizontal shaft.Wīn'dōre, n. p. 1517A window. [Obs.]Wind'ow, n. p. 1517An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually closed by doors or sashes containing some transparent material, as glass, and capable of being opened and shut at…Win'dow, v. t. p. 1517To furnish with windows. 2. To place at a window. [Rare.] Wouldst thou be windowed in great Rome, and see, Thy master thus, with pleached arms, bending down His corrigible neck. Shak. 3. To break…Win'dow-blind, n. p. 1517A blind to intercept the light of a window. 2. A short screen for a window, made of perforated zinc or woven wire; also, a screen for a window, made of calico or similar material attached to a…Wind'ow-bōle, n. p. 1517Part of a window closed by a shutter which can be opened at will. W. Scott.Win'dow-frame, n. p. 1517The frame of a window, which receives and holds the sashes.Win'dow-glass, n. p. 1517Panes of glass for windows.