Definition of wind

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Wind (v. t.) To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine..

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Artery :: Artery (n.) The trachea or windpipe.
Blow :: Blow (v. i.) To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street..
Windy :: Windy (superl.) Next the wind; windward.
Belch :: Belch (v. i.) To eject wind from the stomach through the mouth; to eructate.
Unwind :: Unwind (v. t.) To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a ball of yarn..
Squally :: Squally (a.) Abounding with squalls; disturbed often with sudden and violent gusts of wind; gusty; as, squally weather..
Querl :: Querl (v. t.) To twirl; to turn or wind round; to coil; as, to querl a cord, thread, or rope..
Doubling :: Doubling (n.) A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice..
Saxhorn :: Saxhorn (n.) A name given to a numerous family of brass wind instruments with valves, invented by Antoine Joseph Adolphe Sax (known as Adolphe Sax), of Belgium and Paris, and much used in military bands and in orchestras..
Lattice :: Lattice (v. i.) To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with a lattice; as, to lattice a window..
Reel :: Reel (v. t.) To wind upon a reel, as yarn or thread..
Weathered :: Weathered (a.) Made sloping, so as to throw off water; as, a weathered cornice or window sill..
Eridanus :: Eridanus (n.) A long, winding constellation extending southward from Taurus and containing the bright star Achernar..
Grenadillo :: Grenadillo (n.) A handsome tropical American wood, much used for making flutes and other wind instruments; -- called also Grenada cocos, or cocus, and red ebony..
Grate :: Grate (v. t.) To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window..
Handspike :: Handspike (n.) A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes..
Slatting :: Slatting (n.) The violent shaking or flapping of anything hanging loose in the wind, as of a sail, when being hauled down..
Windflower :: Windflower (n.) The anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing. See Anemone.
Driftweed :: Driftweed (n.) Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind.
Sackbut :: Sackbut (n.) A brass wind instrument, like a bass trumpet, so contrived that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required; -- said to be the same as the trombone..
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