Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WIND'WARD, a. [wind and ward.]

Being on the side toward the point from which the wind blows; as, the windward shrouds.

WIND'WARD, adv.

Toward the wind. To lay an anchor at the windward, to adopt previous measures for success or security.

WIND'WARD, n. [wind and ward.]

The point from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward.

WIND'Y, a.

1. Consisting of wind; as, a windy tempest. – Shak.
2. Next the wind; as, the windy side. – Shak.
3. Tempestuous; boisterous; as, windy weather.
4. Puffy; flatulent; abounding with wind. – Arbuthnot.
5. Empty; airy; as, windy joy. – Milton.

WINE, n. [Sax. win; G. wein; D. wyn; Sw. and Dan. vin; W. gwin; Russ. vino; L. vinum; It. and Sp. vino; Fr. vin; Ir. fion; Gr. οινος; Eolic, Fοινος; Eth. ወይነ wine; Heb. יין. This Oriental word seems to be connected with עין, a fountain, and ענה anah, to thrust, to press, or press out.]

1. The fermented juice of grapes; as, the wine of the Madeira grape; the wine of Burgundy or Oporto.
2. The juice of certain fruits, prepared with sugar, spirits, &c.; as, currant wine; gooseberry wine.
3. Intoxication. Noah awoke from his wine. Gen. ix.
4. Drinking. They that tarry long at the wine. – Prov. xxiii. Corn and wine, in Scripture, are put for all kinds of necessaries for subsistence. – Ps. Bread and wine, in the Lord's supper, are symbols of the body and blood of Christ.

WINE-BIB-BER, n.

One who drinks much wine; a great drinker. – Prov. xxiii.

WINE-CASK, n. [wine and cask.]

A cask in which wine is or has been kept.

WINE-FLY, n.

A small fly found in empty wine casks.

WINE-GLASS, n. [wine and glass.]

A small glass in which wine is drank.

WINE-LESS, a.

Destitute of wine; as, wineless life. – Swift.

WINE-MEAS-URE, n. [See Measure.]

The measure by which wines and other spirits are sold, smaller than beer measure.

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. gehwing; Sw. and Dan. vinge. The word signifies the side, end or extremity.]

1. 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.
2. The limb of an insect by which flies.
3. 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; also, 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.
4. Flight; passage by the wing; as, to be on the wing; to take wing.
5. Means of flying; acceleration. Fear adds wings to flight.
6. Motive or incitement of flight. Then fiery expedition be my wing. – Shak.
7. The flank or extreme body or part of an army. – Dryden.
8. Any side-piece. – Mortimer.
9. In gardening, a side-shoot. – Cyc.
10. In architecture, a side building, less than the main edifice.
11. In fortification, the longer sides of horn-works, crown-works, &c. – Cyc.
12. In a fleet, the ships on the extremities, when ranged in a line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.
13. In a ship, the wings are those parts of the hold and orlop deck, which are nearest the sides.
14. 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.

1. To furnish with wings; to enable to fly or to move with celerity. Who heaves old ocean, and who wings the storms. – Pope.
2. To supply with side bodies; as, on either side well winged.
3. To transport by flight. – I‚ an old turtle, / Will wing me to some wither'd bough. – Shak. Edge the keen sword, and wing th' unerring ball. – Trumbull. To wing a flight, to exert the power of flying.

WING-COVER-ING, a.

Covering the wings.

WING'ED, pp.

1. Furnished with wings; transported by flying.
2. adj. Having wings; as, a winged fowl. – Gen. i.
3. Swift; rapid; as, with winged haste. – Shak.
4. Wounded; hurt.
5. 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.
6. In heraldry, represented with wings, or having wings of a different color from the body.
7. 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 or 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, wingy speed. – Addison.

WINK, n.

1. 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.
2. A hint given by shutting the eye with a significant cast. – Swift.

WINK, v.i. [Sax. wincian; D. wenken; G. winken; Sw. vinka; Dan. vinker; W. gwing, a wink; gwingaw, to wriggle, to wink, to wince. Wink and wince are radically one word.]

1. To shut the eyes; to close the eyelids. They are not blind, but they wink. – Tillotson.
2. To close and open the eyelids.
3. To give a hint by a motion of the eyelids. Wink at the footman to leave him without a plate. – Swift.
4. To close the eyelids and exclude the light. Or wink as cowards and afraid. – Prior.
5. To be dim; as, a winking light. – Dryden. To wink at, to connive at; to seem not to see; to tolerate; to overlook, as something not perfectly agreeable; as, to wink at faults. – Roscommon.