2. To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the
hounds winded the game.
3. (a) To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as
to render scant of wind; to put out of breath. (b) To rest, as a horse,
in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
To wind a ship (Naut.), to turn it end for end, so that the wind
strikes it on the opposite side.
Wind (?), v. t. [From Wind, moving air, but confused in sense and in
conjugation with wind to turn.] [imp. & p. p. Wound (wound), R. Winded;
p. pr. & vb. n. Winding.] To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound
with prolonged and mutually involved notes. "Hunters who wound their
horns." Pennant.
Ye vigorous swains, while youth ferments your blood, . . . Wind the
shrill horn.
Pope.
That blast was winded by the king.
Sir W. Scott.