A pack of dogfish had him in the wind.
Swift.
7. A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass;
especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the four
winds.
Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain.
Ezek. xxxvii. 9.
This sense seems to have had its origin in the East. The Hebrews gave
to each of the four cardinal points the name of wind.
8. (Far.) A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended
with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs
immediately after shearing.