Definition of wind

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Wind (v. t.) To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath..

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Anemometer :: Anemometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind; a wind gauge.
Sinuosity :: Sinuosity (n.) A bend, or a series of bends and turns; a winding, or a series of windings; a wave line; a curve..
Bang :: Bang (v. i.) To make a loud noise, as if with a blow or succession of blows; as, the window blind banged and waked me; he was banging on the piano..
Creeky :: Creeky (a.) Containing, or abounding in, creeks; characterized by creeks; like a creek; winding..
Fill :: Fill (a.) To trim (a yard) so that the wind shall blow on the after side of the sails.
Thorough-lighted :: Thorough-lighted (a.) Provided with thorough lights or windows at opposite sides, as a room or building..
Lean :: Lean (v. i.) To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a leaning column..
Trachea :: Trachea (n.) The windpipe. See Illust. of Lung.
Driving :: Driving (a.) Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or storm..
Pibcorn :: Pibcorn (n.) A wind instrument or pipe, with a horn at each end, -- used in Wales..
Swindle :: Swindle (v. t.) To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property..
Bayou :: Bayou (n.) An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movement except from tide and wind..
Embouchure :: Embouchure (n.) The mouthpiece of a wind instrument.
Round :: Round (prep.) On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a cable round a windlass..
Twist :: Twist (v. i.) To be contorted; to writhe; to be distorted by torsion; to be united by winding round each other; to be or become twisted; as, some strands will twist more easily than others..
Windowed :: Windowed (a.) Having windows or openings.
Surge :: Surge (n.) The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips..
Moulinet :: Moulinet (n.) A machine formerly used for bending a crossbow by winding it up.
Windage :: Windage (n.) The sudden compression of the air caused by a projectile in passing close to another body.
Anfractuosity :: Anfractuosity (n.) A state of being anfractuous, or full of windings and turnings; sinuosity..
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