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Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.

Anemorphilous :: Anemorphilous (a.) Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind-Fertilized.

Unclew :: Unclew (v. t.) To unwind, unfold, or untie; hence, to undo; to ruin..

Transom :: Transom (n.) A horizontal crossbar in a window, over a door, or between a door and a window above it. Transom is the horizontal, as mullion is the vertical, bar across an opening. See Illust. of Mullion..

Pediment :: Pediment (n.) Originally, in classical architecture, the triangular space forming the gable of a simple roof; hence, a similar form used as a decoration over porticoes, doors, windows, etc.; also, a rounded or broken frontal having a similar position and use. See Temple..

Flurry :: Flurry (n.) A light shower or snowfall accompanied with wind.

Swindle :: Swindling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swindl.

Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (n.) The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves..

Winder :: Winder (n.) One who, or that which, winds; hence, a creeping or winding plant..

Inclemency :: Inclemency (n.) Physical severity or harshness (commonly in respect to the elements or weather); roughness; storminess; rigor; severe cold, wind, rain, or snow..

Swindler :: Swindle (n.) The act or process of swindling; a cheat.

Penthouse :: Penthouse (n.) A shed or roof sloping from the main wall or building, as over a door or window; a lean-to. Also figuratively..

Stretch :: Stretch (v. i.) To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward..

Windle :: Windle (n.) A spindle; a kind of reel; a winch.

Tongue :: Tongue (v. t.) To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments..

Levanter :: Levanter (n.) A strong easterly wind peculiar to the Mediterranean.

Badge :: Badge (n.) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one..

Shawm :: Shawm (n.) A wind instrument of music, formerly in use, supposed to have resembled either the clarinet or the hautboy in form..

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

Becalm :: Becalm (v. t.) To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed..

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