Definition of winding

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Winding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Win.

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Mule :: Mule (n.) A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool, etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; -- called also jenny and mule-jenny..
Snaky :: Snaky (a.) Of or pertaining to a snake or snakes; resembling a snake; serpentine; winding.
Knubs :: Knubs (n. pl.) Waste silk formed in winding off the threads from a cocoon.
Windingly :: Windingly (adv.) In a winding manner.
Kink :: Kink (n.) A twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop or curl; a doubling in a cord..
Labyrinthian :: Labyrinthian (a.) Intricately winding; like a labyrinth; perplexed; labyrinthal.
Anfractuous :: Anfractuous (a.) Winding; full of windings and turnings; sinuous; tortuous; as, the anfractuous spires of a born..
Creeky :: Creeky (a.) Containing, or abounding in, creeks; characterized by creeks; like a creek; winding..
Tortuous :: Tortuous (a.) Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla..
Windlass :: Windlass (n.) A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course; a shift.
Turnpike :: Turnpike (n.) A winding stairway.
Liquidator :: Liquidator (n.) An officer appointed to conduct the winding up of a company, to bring and defend actions and suits in its name, and to do all necessary acts on behalf of the company..
Brakeman :: Brakeman (n.) The man in charge of the winding (or hoisting) engine for a mine.
Bine :: Bine (n.) The winding or twining stem of a hop vine or other climbing plant.
Convolution :: Convolution (n.) The act of rolling anything upon itself, or one thing upon another; a winding motion..
Doubling :: Doubling (n.) A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice..
Outwind :: Outwind (v. t.) To extricate by winding; to unloose.
Serpentry :: Serpentry (n.) A winding like a serpent's.
Vine :: Vine (n.) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper; as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons, squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants..
Winding :: Winding (n.) A call by the boatswain's whistle.
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