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To WIND, wind, v. a. To turn by shifts orexpedients; to introduce by insinuation; tochange ; to untwist, to enfold, to encircle.—To Wind out, to extricate.—To Wind up, tobring to a small compass, as a bottom ofthread; to convolve the spring; to raise bydegrees ; to straiten a string by turning thaton which it is rolled, to put in tune.
To WIND, wind, r. «. To turn, to change;to turn, to be convolved ; to move round ; toproceed in flexures; to be extricated, to bedisentangled.
WINDBOUND, wfod'bSund, a . Confinedby contrary winds.
WINDER, wind ur, s. 98. An instrument orperson by which any thing is turned round ;a plant that twists itself round others.
WINDFALL, windfall, s. Fruit blownfrom the tree.
WINDFLOWER, wlnd'fiou-ur, s. The ane-mone. A flower.
WINDGALL, wlnd'gall, s. Windgalls aresoft, yielding, flatulent tumours or bladders,full of corrupt jelly, which grow upon eachside of the fetlock joints, and are so painful inhot weather and hard ways, that they makea horse to halt.
WINDGUN, wlntFgun, s. A gun whichdischarges a bullet by means of wind com-pressed.
WINDINESS, wjn'dc-nes, s. Fulness ofwind, flatulence; tendency to generate wind ;tumour, pufliness.
WINDING, winding, s. 110. Flexure, me-ander.
WINDINGSHEET, winding-sheet, s. Asheet in which the dead are inwrapped.
WINDLASS, wind'lfls, s. 515. A handle bywhich a rope or lace is wrapped togetherround a cylinder; a handle ny which anything is turned.
WINDMILL , windmill , a. A mill turnedby the wind.
WINDOW, wln'di, s. 327. An aperture ina building by which air and light are iutio-roitted ; the frame of glass, or any other mate-rial, that covers the aperture ; lines crossingeach other; an aperture resembling a win-dow.
To WINDOW, wln'dA, e. a. To furnish withwindows ; to place at a window ; to breakinto openings.
WINDPIPE , windpipe , or windpipe, s.The passage of breath.
WINDWARD, wlud'wurd, ad. 88. Towardsthe wind.
WINDY , wln'de, a. Consisting of wind;next the wind; empty, airy, tempestuous,molested with wind ; pulfy, flatulent.
WINE, wine, s. The fermented juice ofthe grape ; preparations of vegetables by fer-mentation, called by .the general name ofWines,
WING, wing, s. 410. The limb of a bird bywhich she flies ; a fan to winnow ; flight, pass-age by the wing; the side-bodies of anarmy; any side-piece.
To WING, wing, v , a. To furnish withwings, to enable to fly, to maim a bird by hit-ting the wing ; to supply with side-bodies.
To WING, wing, t\ n. To pass by flight.
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WINGED, winged, a. 302. Furnished withwings, flying, swift, rapid, hurt in the wing,
WINGEDPEA, wing'ed-pe, s. A plant.
WINGSHELL, wlng'shei, s. The shell that
covers the wings of insects.
WINGY, wfng'e, a. Having wings.
To WINK, wlngk, v. n. 408. To shut theeyes; to hint, to direct by the motion of theeyelids; to close mid exclude the light; toconnive, to seem nut to see, to tolerate; tobe dim.
WINK, wlngk, s. Act of closing the eye •a hint given bv motion of the eve.
WINKER, wlngk'nr, s. One who winks.
WINKINGLY, wlngk'Ing-lt, <uf. With theeye almost closed.
WINNER, wfn'nfir, s. 98. One who wins.
WINNING, wln'nlng, part. a. 410. Attrac-tive, charming.
WINNING, wln'nlng, s. The sum won.
To WINNOW, wln'nA, v. a. 327. To sepa-rate by means of the wind, to part the gramfrom the chaff; to fan, to beat as with wings ;to sift, to examine ; to separate, to part.
To WINNOW, wln'ni, ». n. To part comfrom chaff.
WINNOWER, wln'ni-ur, s. 98. He whowinnows.
WINTER , wln'tur, s. 98. The cold season
of the year.
To WINTER , wWtuv, v. n. To pass thewinter.
WINTERBEATEN, w?n'tiir-be-t’n, a. Ha-rassed bv severe weather.
W1NTERCHERRY, wlu'tur-tsher-re, s. A
plant.
WINTERCITRON, wiu'tur-cit-lurn,417.A sort of pear.
WINTERGKEEN, win'tur-grecn, s. Aplant.
WINTERLY, win'tui-lt", a. Such as is suit-able to winter, of a wintery kin/1,
WINTRY, win'tre, a. Belonging to winter:properly IVintcry.
WINY, wine, a. Having the taste or quali-ties of wine.
To WIPE, wipe, t\ a. To cleanse by rubbingwith sometViing soft; to take away by tersion ;to strike off gently ; to clear away.—To Wipeout, to efface.
WIPE, wipe, s. An act of cleansing; a blow,a stroke, u jeer, a gibe, a sarcasm ; a bird.
WIPER , w’l'pur, s. 98. An instrument orperson by which any thing is wiped.
WIRE , wl'ur, s. Metal drawn into slenderthreads.
To WIREDRAW, wl'ur-draw, r. a. To spininto wire; ti» draw out into length; to drawby art or violence.
WIREDRAWER, wlur-draw-ur, s. Onewlm spins wire.
To WIS, wIs, v. a .; pret. and part. pass.Wist.—To know.
WISDOM, wlz'dum, s. 1GG. Sapience, thepower of judging rightly.
WISE, wlze, «. Sapient, judging rightly,articularly of matters of life, having practicalnowledgc ; skilful, dexterous; skilled in hid-den arts; grave, becoming a wise man.