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Bellows :: Bellows (n. sing. & pl.) An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for various purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or filling the pipes of an organ with wind..

Favonian :: Favonian (a.) Pertaining to the west wind; soft; mild; gentle.

Quade :: Quade (a.) Evil; bad; baffling; as, a quade wind..

Bar :: Bar (n.) A slender strip of wood which divides and supports the glass of a window; a sash bar.

Boxhaul :: Boxhaul (v. t.) To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind)..

Journal :: "Journal (a.) A daily register of the ship's course and distance, the winds, weather, incidents of the voyage, etc..

Fake :: Fake (n.) A trick; a swindle.

Intort :: Intort (v. t.) To twist in and out; to twine; to wreathe; to wind; to wring.

Oculus :: Oculus (n.) A round window, usually a small one..

Thropple :: Thropple (n.) The windpipe.

Insinuating :: Insinuating (a.) Winding, creeping, or flowing in, quietly or stealthily; suggesting; winning favor and confidence insensibly..

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.

Franking :: Franking (n.) A method of forming a joint at the intersection of window-sash bars, by cutting away only enough wood to show a miter..

Storm :: Storm (v. i.) To blow with violence; also, to rain, hail, snow, or the like, usually in a violent manner, or with high wind; -- used impersonally; as, it storms..

Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) The destruction or injury of a vessel by being cast on shore, or on rocks, or by being disabled or sunk by the force of winds or waves; shipwreck..

Trade :: Trade (v.) The trade winds.

Eridanus :: Eridanus (n.) A long, winding constellation extending southward from Taurus and containing the bright star Achernar..

Steadied :: Steady (n.) Regular; constant; undeviating; uniform; as, the steady course of the sun; a steady breeze of wind..

Squill :: Squilgee (n.) Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, -- used for removing superfluous, water or other liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc..

Crab :: Crab (a.) A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc..

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