Definition of wind

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Wind (n.) Power of respiration; breath.

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Tax :: Tax (n.) Especially, the sum laid upon specific things, as upon polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a land tax; a window tax; a tax on carriages, and the like..
Greek :: Greek (n.) A swindler; a knave; a cheat.
Crankle :: Crankle (v. i.) To bend, turn, or wind..
Gauche :: Gauche (n.) Winding; twisted; warped; -- applied to curves and surfaces.
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..
Jam :: Jam (v. t.) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
Winnew :: Winnew (n.) To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain..
Whitecap :: Whitecap (n.) A wave whose crest breaks into white foam, as when the wind is freshening..
Bracing :: Bracing (a.) Imparting strength or tone; strengthening; invigorating; as, a bracing north wind..
Tumbleweed :: Tumbleweed (n.) Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in the autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass, over the fields and prairies; as witch grass, wild indigo, Amarantus albus, etc..
Spoon :: Spoom (v. i.) To be driven steadily and swiftly, as before a strong wind; to be driven before the wind without any sail, or with only a part of the sails spread; to scud under bare poles..
Intort :: Intort (v. t.) To twist in and out; to twine; to wreathe; to wind; to wring.
Bronchotomy :: Bronchotomy (n.) An incision into the windpipe or larynx, including the operations of tracheotomy and laryngotomy..
Do :: Do (n.) A cheat; a swindle.
Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes..
Fusee :: Fusee (n.) The cone or conical wheel of a watch or clock, designed to equalize the power of the mainspring by having the chain from the barrel which contains the spring wind in a spiral groove on the surface of the cone in such a manner that the diameter of the cone at the point where the chain acts may correspond with the degree of tension of the spring..
Easter :: Easter (v. i.) To veer to the east; -- said of the wind.
Velocity :: Velocity (n.) Quickness of motion; swiftness; speed; celerity; rapidity; as, the velocity of wind; the velocity of a planet or comet in its orbit or course; the velocity of a cannon ball; the velocity of light..
Badge :: Badge (n.) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one..
Splayfeet :: Splay (a.) A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made larged at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them..
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