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Kink :: Kink (v. i.) To wind into a kink; to knot or twist spontaneously upon itself, as a rope or thread..

Ophicleide :: Ophicleide (n.) A large brass wind instrument, formerly used in the orchestra and in military bands, having a loud tone, deep pitch, and a compass of three octaves; -- now generally supplanted by bass and contrabass tubas..

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..

Boom :: Boom (v. i.) To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind..

Windpipe :: Windpipe (n.) The passage for the breath from the larynx to the lungs; the trachea; the weasand. See Illust. under Lung.

Surge :: Surge (n.) The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips..

Windward :: Windward (a.) Situated toward the point from which the wind blows; as, the Windward Islands..

Squalled :: Squall (n.) A sudden violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow.

Efflation :: Efflation (n.) The act of filling with wind; a breathing or puffing out; a puff, as of wind..

Beat :: Beat (v. i.) A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat..

Stop :: Stop (n.) A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far..

Mould :: Mould (v. t.) To ornament by molding or carving the material of; as, a molded window jamb..

Nehiloth :: Nehiloth (n. pl.) A term supposed to mean, perforated wind instruments of music, as pipes or flutes..

Broken Wind :: Broken wind () The heaves.

Rackett :: Rackett (n.) An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys..

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..

Fleet :: Fleet (n. & a.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.

Casement :: Casement (n.) A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window.

Journal :: "Journal (a.) A daily register of the ship's course and distance, the winds, weather, incidents of the voyage, etc..

Vese :: Vese (n.) Onset; rush; violent draught or wind.

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