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Fleet :: Fleet (v. t.) To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain..

Hasp :: Hasp (n.) A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on..

Crossette :: Crossette (n.) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also ancon, ear, elbow..

Bay Window :: Bay window () A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting outward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal, or semicircular form; -- often corruptly called a bow window..

Stifle :: Stifle (v. t.) To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust..

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

Euroclydon :: Euroclydon (n.) A tempestuous northeast wind which blows in the Mediterranean. See Levanter.

Wind :: Wind (n.) A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the four winds..

Integrate :: Integrate (v. t.) To indicate the whole of; to give the sum or total of; as, an integrating anemometer, one that indicates or registers the entire action of the wind in a given time..

Unwind :: Unwind (v. t.) To disentangle.

Skylight :: Skylight (n.) A window placed in the roof of a building, in the ceiling of a room, or in the deck of a ship, for the admission of light from above..

Upblow :: Upblow (v. i.) To blow up; as, the wind upblows from the sea..

Anemometer :: Anemometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind; a wind gauge.

Labyrinthian :: Labyrinthian (a.) Intricately winding; like a labyrinth; perplexed; labyrinthal.

Reel :: Reel (v. t.) To wind upon a reel, as yarn or thread..

Splay :: Splay (v. t.) To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope or slant, as the side of a door, window, etc..

Rise :: Rise (v.) To increase in power or fury; -- said of wind or a storm, and hence, of passion..

Crook :: Crook (v. i.) To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.

Windlestraw :: Windlestraw (n.) A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, esp. Agrostis Spica-ventis..

Cowl :: Cowl (n.) A cowl-shaped cap, commonly turning with the wind, used to improve the draft of a chimney, ventilating shaft, etc..

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