The swelling windiness of much knowledge.
Brerewood.
Wind"ing (?), n. [From Wind to blow.] (Naut.) A call by the boatswain's
whistle.
Wind"ing, a. [From Wind to twist.] Twisting from a direct line or an
even surface; circuitous. Keble.
Wind"ing, n. A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as,
the windings of a road or stream.
To nurse the saplings tall, and curl the grove With ringlets quaint,
and wanton windings wove.
Milton.
Winding engine, an engine employed in mining to draw up buckets from a
deep pit; a hoisting engine. — Winding sheet, a sheet in which a corpse
is wound or wrapped. — Winding tackle (Naut.), a tackle consisting of a
fixed triple block, and a double or triple movable block, used for
hoisting heavy articles in or out of a vessel. Totten.
Wind"ing*ly, adv. In a winding manner.