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winding |
9 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wind \Wind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wound} (wound) (rarely {Winded}); p. pr & vb n. {Winding}.] [OE. winden, AS windan; akin to OS windan, D. & G. winden, OHG. wintan, Icel. & Sw vinda, Dan. vinde, Goth. windan (in comp.). Cf {Wander}, {Wend}.] 1. To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as to wind thread on a spool or into a ball. Whether to wind The woodbine round this arbor. --Milton. 2. To entwist; to infold; to encircle. Sleep, and I will wind thee in arms. --Shak. 3. To have complete control over to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will to regulate; to govern. ``To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus.'' --Shak. In his terms so he would him wind. --Chaucer. Gifts blind the wise, and bribes do please And wind all other witnesses. --Herrick. Were our legislature vested in the prince, he might wind and turn our constitution at his pleasure. --Addison. 4. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate. You have contrived . . . to wind Yourself into a power tyrannical. --Shak. Little arts and dexterities they have to wind in such things into discourse. --Gov. of Tongue. 5. To cover or surround with something coiled about as to wind a rope with twine. {To wind off}, to unwind; to uncoil. {To wind out}, to extricate. [Obs.] --Clarendon. {To wind up}. a To coil into a ball or small compass, as a skein of thread; to coil completely. b To bring to a conclusion or settlement; as to wind up one's affairs; to wind up an argument. c To put in a state of renewed or continued motion, as a clock, a watch, etc., by winding the spring, or that which carries the weight; hence to prepare for continued movement or action to put in order anew. ``Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years.'' --Dryden. ``Thus they wound up his temper to a pitch.'' --Atterbury. d To tighten (the strings) of a musical instrument, so as to tune it ``Wind up the slackened strings of thy lute.'' --Waller. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wind \Wind\, v. t. [From {Wind}, moving air, but confused in sense and in conjugation with wind to turn.] [imp. & p. p. {Wound} (wound), R. {Winded}; p. pr & vb n. {Winding}.] To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes. ``Hunters who wound their horns.'' --Pennant. Ye vigorous swains, while youth ferments your blood, . . . Wind the shrill horn. --Pope. That blast was winded by the king. --Sir W. Scott. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wind \Wind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Winded}; p. pr & vb n. {Winding}.] 1. To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate. 2. To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as the hounds winded the game. 3. a To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath. b To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe. {To wind a ship} (Naut.), to turn it end for end so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Winding \Wind"ing\, n. [From {Wind} to blow.] (Naut.) A call by the boatswain's whistle. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Winding \Wind"ing\, a. [From {Wind} to twist.] Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous. --Keble. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Winding \Wind"ing\, n. A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as the windings of a road or stream. To nurse the saplings tall, and curl the grove With ringlets quaint, and wanton windings wove. --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Winding \Wind"ing\, n. The material, as wire or rope, wound or coiled about anything or a single round or turn of the material; as (Elec.), a series winding, or one in which the armature coil, the field-magnet coil, and the external circuit form a continuous conductor; a shunt winding, or one of such a character that the armature current is divided, a portion of the current being led around the field-magnet coils. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: {Out of harm's way}, beyond the danger limit; in a safe place {Out of joint}, not in proper connection or adjustment; unhinged; disordered. ``The time is out of joint.'' --Shak. {Out of mind}, not in mind; forgotten; also beyond the limit of memory; as time out of mind. {Out of one's head}, beyond commanding one's mental powers; in a wandering state mentally; delirious. [Colloq.] {Out of one's time}, beyond one's period of minority or apprenticeship. {Out of order}, not in proper order disarranged; in confusion. {Out of place}, not in the usual or proper place hence not proper or becoming. {Out of pocket}, in a condition of having expended or lost more money than one has received. {Out of print}, not in market, the edition printed being exhausted; -- said of books, pamphlets, etc {Out of the question}, beyond the limits or range of consideration; impossible to be favorably considered. {Out of reach}, beyond one's reach; inaccessible. {Out of season}, not in a proper season or time; untimely; inopportune. {Out of sorts}, wanting certain things unsatisfied; unwell; unhappy; cross. See under {Sort}, n. {Out of temper}, not in good temper; irritated; angry. {Out of time}, not in proper time; too soon, or too late. {Out of time}, not in harmony; discordant; hence not in an agreeing temper; fretful. {Out of twist}, {winding}, or {wind}, not in warped condition; perfectly plain and smooth; -- said of surfaces. {Out of use}, not in use unfashionable; obsolete. {Out of the way}. a On one side hard to reach or find secluded. b Improper; unusual; wrong {Out of the woods}, not in a place or state, of obscurity or doubt; free from difficulty or perils; safe. [Colloq.] {Out to out}, from one extreme limit to another, including the whole length, breadth, or thickness; -- applied to measurements. {Out West}, in or towards, the West; specifically, in some Western State or Territory. [U. S.] {To come out}, {To cut out}, {To fall out}, etc See under {Come}, {Cut}, {Fall}, etc {To put out of the way}, to kill; to destroy. {Week in week out}. See {Day in day out} (above). From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: winding adj 1: marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track" [syn: {tortuous}, {twisting}, {twisty}] 2: of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road" [syn: {meandering(a)}, {rambling}, {wandering(a)}] n : the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind" [syn: {wind}, {twist}]
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