Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Win'dow-less, a. p. 1517Without any window; destitute of a window or windows. “The young Pliny’s windowless study.” Carlyle.Win'dōw-săsh, n. p. 1517The sash or light frame in which panes of glass are set for windows.Win'dōw-sēat, n. p. 1517A seat in and under a window.Win'dow-shāde, n. p. 1517A rolling or a projecting blind or sun-shade, either opaque or partially transparent. Simmonds.Win'dow-shŭt'ter, n. p. 1517A frame or shutter used to close windows tightly.Win'dow-sill, n. p. 1517(Arch.) The flat piece of wood at the bottom of a window-frame.Win'dōw-tāx, n. p. 1517A tax or duty formerly levied on all windows or openings for light above the number of eight in houses standing in cities or towns. [Eng.] Brande.Win'dow-y, a. p. 1517Having little crossings like the sashes of a window. [Rare.] Donne.Wind'-pipe, n. p. 1517(Anat.) The passage for the breath to and from the lungs; the trachea.Wind'-plănt, n. p. 1517(Bot.) A species of anemone; Anemone nemorosa.Wind'-pump, n. p. 1517A pump moved by a windmill.Wind'-rōde, a. p. 1517Caused to ride or drive by the wind, in opposition to the course of the tide;—said of a vessel lying at anchor, with wind and tide opposed to each other. Totten.Wind'-rōse, n. p. 1517A table of the points of the compass, giving the states of the barometer, &c., connected with winds from the different directions.Wind'row, n. p. 1517A row or line of hay raked together for the purpose of being rolled into cocks or heaps. 2. Sheaves of grain set up in a row, one against another, that the wind may blow between them. [Eng.] 3. The…Wind'rōw, v. t. p. 1517To arrange in lines or windrows, as hay when newly made. Forby.Wind'-sāil, n. p. 1517(Naut.) A wide tube or funnel of canvas, used to convey a stream of air into the lower apartments of a ship. 2. The sail or vane of a windmill.Wind'seed, n. p. 1517(Bot.) A plant of the genus Arctotis. Lee.Wind'-shāke, n. p. 1517A crack in the body of a tree, supposed to be the effect of violent winds. Halliwell.Wind'-shōck, n. p. 1517A wind-shake.Wind'-side, n. p. 1517The side next the wind; the windward side. [Rare.] E. B. Browning.