{ Win"dle*strae` (?), Win"dle*straw` (?) }, n. (Bot.) A grass used for
making ropes or for plaiting, esp. Agrostis Spica-ventis. [Prov. Eng. &
Scot.] Shelley.
Wind"mill` (?), n. A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by
the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a
horizontal shaft. Chaucer.
Win"dore (?), n. [A corrupt. of window; or perh. coined on the wrong
assumption that window is from wind + door.] A window. [Obs.] Hudibras.
Win"dow (?), n. [OE. windowe, windoge, Icel. vindauga window, properly,
wind eye; akin to Dan. vindue. &?;&?;&?;&?;. See Wind, n., and Eye.]
1. An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and
air, usually closed by casements or sashes containing some transparent
material, as glass, and capable of being opened and shut at pleasure.