Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WIND-ING-LY, adv.

In a winding direction.

WIND-ING-LY, adv.

In a winding or circuitous form.

WIND-ING-SHEET, n. [winding and sheet.]

A sheet in which a corpse is wrapped. – Bacon.

WIND-ING-TACK-LE, n. [winding and tackle.]

A tackle consisting of one fixed triple block, and one double or triple of movable block. – Dict.

WIND'-IN-STRU-MENT, n.

An instrument of music, played by wind, chiefly by the breath; as a flute, a clarinet, &c. – Cyc.

WIND'LASS, n. [wind and lace. Qu.]

1. A machine for raising great weights, consisting of a cylinder or roller of timber, moving on its axis and turned by levers, with a rope or chain attached to the weight.
2. A handle by which any thing is turned. [Not in use.] – Shak.

WIND'LE, n.

A spindle; a kind of reel.

WIND'LESS, a.

Having no wind; calm.

WIND'-MILL, n. [wind and mill.]

A mill turned by the wind. – Mortimer.

WIND'OW, n. [Dan. vindue; Sp. ventana, from the same root as venta, sale, vent of goods. The word in Spanish signifies also a nostril, that is, a passage. Ventaja is advantage; ventalla, a valve, and ventalle, a fan; ventear, to blow. Hence we see that vent, L. vendo, wind, fan, and van, Fr. avant, are all of one family. So is also the L. fenestra, Fr. fenêtre, D. venster, G. fenster, Ir. fineog. The vulgar pronunciation is windor, as if from the Welsh gwynt-dor, wind-door.]

1. An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light, and of air when necessary. This opening has a frame on the sides, in which are set movable sashes, containing panes of glass. In the United States, the sashes are made to rise and fall, for the admission or exclusion of air. In France, windows are shut with frames or sashes that open and shut vertically, like the leaves of a folding door.
2. An aperture or opening. A window shalt thou make to the ark. – Gen. vi.
3. The frame or other thing that covers the aperture. Ere I let fall the windows of mine eyes. – Shak.
4. An aperture; or rather the clouds or water-spouts. The windows of heaven were opened. – Gen. vii.
5. Lattice or casement; or the net work of wire used before the invention of glass. Judges v.
6. Lines crossing each other. Till he has windows on his bread and butter. – King.

WIND'OW, v.t.

1. To furnish with windows. – Wotton. Pope.
2. To place at a window. [Unusual.]
3. To break into openings. [Unusual.] – Shak.

WIND'OW-BLIND, n. [window and blind.]

A blind to intercept the light of a window. Venetian window-blinds are now much used in the United States.

WIND'OW-ED, pp.

Furnished with windows.

WIND'OW-FRAME, n. [window and frame.]

The frame of a window which receives and holds the sashes.

WIND'OW-GLASS, n. [window and glass.]

Panes of glass for windows.

WIND'OW-SASH, n. [window and sash.]

The sash or light frame in which panes of glass are set for windows.

WIND'OW-Y, a.

Having little crossings like the sashes of a window. – Donne.

WIND'PIPE, n. [wind and pipe.]

The passage for the breath to and from the lungs; the trachea.

WIND'-PUMP, n. [wind and pump.]

A pump moved by wind, useful in draining lands. – Cyc.

WIND'-RODE, n.

A term used by seamen to signify ship when riding with wind and tide opposed to each other driven to the leeward of her anchor.

WIND'ROW, n. [wind and row.]

1. A row or line of hay raked together for the purpose of being rolled into cock; or heaps. [This is the only use of the word in New England.]
2. The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth on other land to mend it. – Cyc.
3. A row of peals set up for drying; or a row of pieces turf, sod or sward, cut in paring and burning. – Cyc.

WIND'-SAIL, n. [wind and sail.]

A wide tube or funnel of canvas, used to convey a stream of air into the love apartments of a ship. – Mar. Dict.

WIND'SEED, n.

A plant of the genus Arctotis. – Lee.

WIND'-SHOCK, n. [wind and shock.]

A sort of bruise or shiver in a tree. – Cyc.

WIND'-TIGHT, a. [wind and light.]

So tight as to prevent the passing of wind. – Hall.