Definition of wind

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Wind (n.) The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.

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Freshen :: Freshen (v. i.) To grow brisk or strong; as, the wind freshens..
Windowpane :: Windowpane (n.) A thin, spotted American turbot (Pleuronectes maculatus) remarkable for its translucency. It is not valued as a food fish. Called also spotted turbot, daylight, spotted sand flounder, and water flounder..
Vine :: Vine (n.) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper; as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons, squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants..
Simoon :: Simoon (n.) A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind, that blows occasionally in Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains..
Serpentry :: Serpentry (n.) A winding like a serpent's.
Rage :: Rage (n.) A violent or raging wind.
Sinuosity :: Sinuosity (n.) A bend, or a series of bends and turns; a winding, or a series of windings; a wave line; a curve..
Driftwind :: Driftwind (n.) A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps..
Windowing :: Windowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Windo.
Marline :: Marline (v. t.) To wind marline around; as, to marline a rope..
Gauge :: Gauge (n.) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it..
Windiness :: Windiness (n.) Fullness of wind; flatulence.
Surge :: Surge (n.) The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips..
Horner :: Horner (n.) One who winds or blows the horn.
Eolian :: Eolian (a.) Formed, or deposited, by the action of wind, as dunes..
Wind :: Wind (n.) Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air.
Crinkle :: Crinkle (v. i.) To turn or wind; to run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in waves; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth when moved..
Gyrate :: Gyrate (a.) Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course.
Boreal :: Boreal (a.) Northern; pertaining to the north, or to the north wind; as, a boreal bird; a boreal blast..
Aweather :: Aweather (adv.) On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm aweather!.
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