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Trachea :: Trachea (n.) The windpipe. See Illust. of Lung.

Blast :: Blast (v. t.) To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel..

Spooney :: Spoondrift (n.) Spray blown from the tops waves during a gale at sea; also, snow driven in the wind at sea; -- written also spindrift..

Air :: Air (n.) Air in motion; a light breeze; a gentle wind.

Dogvane :: Dogvane (n.) A small vane of bunting, feathers, or any other light material, carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the wind..

Ahold :: Ahold (adv.) Near the wind; as, to lay a ship ahold..

Blast :: Blast (n.) The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath..

Swing :: Swing (n.) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide..

String :: String (n.) The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin; specifically (pl.), the stringed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments; as, the strings took up the theme..

Agitate :: Agitate (v. t.) To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel..

Sough :: Sough (v. i.) To whistle or sigh, as the wind..

Zephyr :: Zephyr (n.) The west wind; poetically, any soft, gentle breeze..

Baffling :: Baffling (a.) Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling currents, winds, tasks..

Whiffle :: Whiffle (v. i.) To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about..

Pawl :: Pawl (n.) A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine, adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel..

Southwesterly :: Southwesterly (a.) To ward or from the southwest; as, a southwesterly course; a southwesterly wind..

Crankle :: Crankle (v. i.) To bend, turn, or wind..

Aeolus :: Aeolus (n.) The god of the winds.

Chopping :: Chopping (a.) Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other; as, a chopping sea..

Short-winded :: Short-winded (a.) Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick, difficult respiration, as dyspnoic and asthmatic persons..

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