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.