You have contrived . . . to wind Yourself into a power tyrannical.
Shak.
Little arts and dexterities they have to wind in such things into
discourse.
Gov. of Tongue.
5. To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope
with twine.
To wind off, to unwind; to uncoil. — To wind out, to extricate. [Obs.]
Clarendon. — To wind up. (a) To coil into a ball or small compass, as a
skein of thread; to coil completely. (b) To bring to a conclusion or
settlement; as, to wind up one's affairs; to wind up an argument. (c)
To put in a state of renewed or continued motion, as a clock, a watch,
etc., by winding the spring, or that which carries the weight; hence,
to prepare for continued movement or action; to put in order anew.
"Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years." Dryden. "Thus they
wound up his temper to a pitch." Atterbury. (d) To tighten (the
strings) of a musical instrument, so as to tune it. "Wind up the
slackened strings of thy lute." Waller.
Wind (?), v. i. 1. To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled
about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind
round a pole.
So swift your judgments turn and wind.
Dryden.
2. To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to
meander; as, to wind in and out among trees.
And where the valley winded out below, The murmuring main was heard,
and scarcely heard, to flow.
Thomson.
He therefore turned him to the steep and rocky path which . . . winded
through the thickets of wild boxwood and other low aromatic shrubs.
Sir W. Scott.
3. To go to the one side or the other; to move this way and that; to
double on one's course; as, a hare pursued turns and winds.
The lowing herd wind &?;lowly o'er the lea.
Gray.
To wind out, to extricate one's self; to escape. Long struggling
underneath are they could wind Out of such prison.
Milton.
Wind (?), n. The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a
winding.
Wind (wnd, in poetry and singing often wnd; 277), n. [AS. wind; akin to
OS., OFries., D., & G. wind, OHG. wint, Dan. & Sw. vind, Icel. vindr,
Goth winds, W. gwynt, L. ventus, Skr. vta (cf. Gr. 'ah`ths a blast,
gale, 'ah^nai to breathe hard, to blow, as the wind); originally a p.
pr. from the verb seen in Skr. v to blow, akin to AS. wwan, D. waaijen,
G. wehen, OHG. wen, wjen, Goth. waian. √131. Cf. Air, Ventail,
Ventilate, Window, Winnow.]
1. Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of
air.
Except wind stands as never it stood, It is an ill wind that turns none
to good.
Tusser.
Winds were soft, and woods were green.
Longfellow.
2. Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind
of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.
3. Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an
instrument.
Their instruments were various in their kind, Some for the bow, and
some for breathing wind.
Dryden.