Definition of winding

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

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Stench :: Stem-winding (a.) Wound by mechanism connected with the stem; as, a stem-winding watch..
Corkscrew :: Corkscrew (v. t.) To press forward in a winding way; as, to corkscrew one's way through a crowd..
Turnpike :: Turnpike (n.) A winding stairway.
Anfractuous :: Anfractuous (a.) Winding; full of windings and turnings; sinuous; tortuous; as, the anfractuous spires of a born..
Sinuous :: Sinuous (a.) Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked.
Circumflexion :: Circumflexion (n.) A winding about; a turning; a circuity; a fold.
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..
Insinuating :: Insinuating (a.) Winding, creeping, or flowing in, quietly or stealthily; suggesting; winning favor and confidence insensibly..
Curl :: Curl (v.) A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form..
Volubile :: Volubile (a.) Turning, or whirling; winding; twining; voluble..
Knubs :: Knubs (n. pl.) Waste silk formed in winding off the threads from a cocoon.
Spiral :: Spiral (a.) Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring..
Winding :: Winding (a.) Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.
Creek :: Creek (n.) Any turn or winding.
Boyau :: Boyau (n.) A winding or zigzag trench forming a path or communication from one siegework to another, to a magazine, etc..
Winding :: Winding (n.) A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream..
Intorsion :: Intorsion (n.) A winding, bending, or twisting..
Crank :: Crank (n.) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
Twine :: Twine (n.) The act of twining or winding round.
Receiver :: Receiver (n.) A person appointed, ordinarily by a court, to receive, and hold in trust, money or other property which is the subject of litigation, pending the suit; a person appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a corporation, and to do other acts necessary to winding up its affairs, in certain cases..
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