Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: WINE-MER-CHANT – WINNOW-ER
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WINE-MER-CHANT, n.
A merchant who deals in wines.
WINE-PRESS, n. [wine and press.]
A place where grapes are pressed.
WING, n. [Sax. Owing; Sw. and Dan. tinge. The word signifies the side, end or extremity.]
- The limb of a fowl by which it flies. In a few species of fowls, the wings do not enable them to fly; as is the case with the dodo, ostrich, great auk, and penguin; but in the two former, the wings assist the fowls in running.
- The limb of an insect by which flies.
- In botany, the side petal of a papilionaceous coral; also, an appendage of seeds, by means of which they are wafted in the air and scattered; aim, any membranous or leafy dilatation of a footstalk, or of the angles of a stem, branch or flower-stalk, or of a calyx. Martyn. Cyc.
- Flight; passage by the wing; as, to be on the wing; to take wing.
- Means of flying; acceleration. Fear adds wings to flight.
- Motive or incitement of flight. Then fiery expedition be my wing. Shak.
- The flank or extreme body or part of an army. Dryden.
- Any side-piece. Mortimer.
- In gardening, a side-shoot. Cyc.
- In architecture, a side building, less than the main edifice.
- In fortification, the longer sides of horn-works, crown-works, &c. Cyc.
- In a fleet, the ships on the extremities, when ranged in a line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.
- In a ship, the wings are those parts of the hold and or-lop deck, which are nearest the sides.
- In Scripture, protection; generally in the plural. Ps. lxiii. Exod. xix. On the wings of the wind, with the utmost velocity. Ps. xviii.
WING, v.t.
- To furnish with wings; to enable to fly or to move with celerity. Who heaves old ocean, and who wings the storms. Pope.
- To supply with side bodies; as, on either side well winged.
- To transport by flight. I‚ an old turtle, Will wing me to some wither'd bough. Edge the keen sword, and wing th' unerring ball. Trumbull.
- To wing a flight, to exert the power of flying.
WING-COWER-ING, a.
Covering the wings.
WINGED, pp.
- Furnished with wings; transported by flying.
- adj. Having wings; as, a winged fowl. Gen.
- Swift; rapid; as, with winged haste. Shak.
- Wounded; hurt.
- In botany, furnished with longitudinal membranous appendages, as a winged stalk or stem; or with downy or hairy appendages, as winged seeds. Cyc. Winged petiole, having a thin membrane or border on each side, or dilated on the sides. Martyn. Winged leaf, a pinnate leaf; a species of compound leaf, wherein a simple leaf has several leaflets fastened to each side of it. Martyn.
- In heraldry, represented with wings, or having wings of a different color from the body.
- Fanned with wings; swarming with birds. Milton.
WING'ED-PEA, n.
A plant. Miller.
WING'-FOOT-ED, a. [wing and foot.]
Swift; moving with rapidity; fleet. Drayton.
WING'LESS, a.
Having no wings; not able to ascend of fly.
WING'LET, n.
A little wing.
WING-SHELL, n. [wing and shell.]
The shell that cover the wings of insects.
WING'Y, a.
Having wings; rapid; as, wing, speed. Addison.
WINK, n.
- The act of closing the eyelids. I lay awake and could not sleep a wink. I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink. Donne.
- A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast. Swift.
WINK, v.i. [Sax. wincian; D. weaken; G. teinkeri; Sw. vinka; Dan. tinker; W. gwing, a wink; t wriggle, to wink, to wince. Wink and wince are radically one word.]
- To shut the eyes; to close the eyelids. They are not blind, but they wink. Tillotson.
- To close and open the eyelids.
- To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids. Wink at the footman to leave him without a plate. Swift.
- To close the eyelids and exclude the light. Or wink as cowards and afraid. Prior.
- To be dim; as, a winking light. Dryden. To wink at, to connive at; to seem not to see; to tolerates. to overlook, as something not perfectly agreeable; as, to wink at faults. Roscommon.
WINKER, n.
One who winks. Pope.
WINK'ING, ppr.
Shutting the eyes; shutting and opening the eyelids; hinting by closing the eye; conniving at; overlooking.
WINK'ING-LY, adv.
With the eye almost closed. Peacham.
WINNER, n. [from win.]
Ono who gains by success in competition or contest.
WIN'NING, n.
The sum won or gained by success in competition or contest.
WINNING, ppr. [from win.]
- Gaining by success in competition or contest.
- adj. Attracting; adapted to gain favor; charming; as, winning address.
WIN'NING-LY, adv.
In a winning manner.
WIN'NOW, v.t. [L. evanno, from vannus, a fan; D. and G. wannen; from the root of fan and wind. The Sax. has:andition, to wind.]
- To separate and drive off the chaff from grain by means of wind. Grain is winnowed by a fan, or by a machine, or by pouring it out of a vessel in a current of air.
- To fart; to beat as with wings. Milton.
- To examine; to sift for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth. Winnow well this thought. Dryden.
- To separate, as the bad from the good, Shak.
WINNOW, v.t.
To separate chaff from corn. Winnow not with every wind. Ecclus.
WINNOW-ED, pp.
Separated from the chaff by wind; sifted; examined.
WINNOW-ER, n.
One who winnows.