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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Twine :: Twine (n.) To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
Large :: Large (superl.) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; -- said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter..
Willywaw :: Willywaw (n.) A whirlwind, or whirlwind squall, encountered in the Straits of Magellan..
Windrow :: Windrow (n.) A row or line of hay raked together for the purpose of being rolled into cocks or heaps.
Crossette :: Crossette (n.) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also ancon, ear, elbow..
Adrift :: Adrift (adv. & a.) Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.
Saxhorn :: Saxhorn (n.) A name given to a numerous family of brass wind instruments with valves, invented by Antoine Joseph Adolphe Sax (known as Adolphe Sax), of Belgium and Paris, and much used in military bands and in orchestras..
Tracheitis :: Tracheitis (n.) Inflammation of the trachea, or windpipe..
Murmur :: Murmur (v. i.) To make a low continued noise, like the hum of bees, a stream of water, distant waves, or the wind in a forest..
Blow :: Blow (v. i.) To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street..
Windhover :: Windhover (n.) The kestrel; -- called also windbibber, windcuffer, windfanner..
Foist :: Foist (n.) A trick or fraud; a swindle.
Haar :: Haar (n.) A fog; esp., a fog or mist with a chill wind..
Jam :: Jam (v. t.) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
Back :: Back (v. i.) To change from one quarter to another by a course opposite to that of the sun; -- used of the wind.
Winding :: Winding (a.) Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.
Meander :: Meander (n.) A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of the veins and arteries..
Scamp :: Scamp (n.) A rascal; a swindler; a rogue.
Vese :: Vese (n.) Onset; rush; violent draught or wind.
Southwester :: Southwester (n.) A storm, gale, or strong wind from the southwest..
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