Noah awoke from his wine.
Gen. ix. 24.
Birch wine, Cape wine, etc. See under Birch, Cape, etc. — Spirit of
wine. See under Spirit. — To have drunk wine of ape or wine ape, to be
so drunk as to be foolish. [Obs.] Chaucer. — Wine acid. (Chem.) See
Tartaric acid, under Tartaric. [Colloq.] — Wine apple (Bot.), a large
red apple, with firm flesh and a rich, vinous flavor. — Wine bag, a
wine skin. — Wine biscuit, a kind of sweet biscuit served with wine. —
Wine cask, a cask for holding wine, or which holds, or has held, wine.
— Wine cellar, a cellar adapted or used for storing wine. — Wine
cooler, a vessel of porous earthenware used to cool wine by the
evaporation of water; also, a stand for wine bottles, containing ice. —
Wine fly (Zoöl.), small two-winged fly of the genus Piophila, whose
larva lives in wine, cider, and other fermented liquors. — Wine grower,
one who cultivates a vineyard and makes wine. — Wine measure, the
measure by which wines and other spirits are sold, smaller than beer
measure. — Wine merchant, a merchant who deals in wines. — Wine of
opium (Pharm.), a solution of opium in aromatized sherry wine, having
the same strength as ordinary laudanum; — also Sydenham's laudanum. —
Wine press, a machine or apparatus in which grapes are pressed to
extract their juice. — Wine skin, a bottle or bag of skin, used, in
various countries, for carrying wine. — Wine stone, a kind of crust
deposited in wine casks. See 1st Tartar, 1. — Wine vault. (a) A vault
where wine is stored. (b) A place where wine is served at the bar, or
at tables; a dramshop. Dickens. — Wine vinegar, vinegar made from wine.
— Wine whey, whey made from milk coagulated by the use of wine.
Wine"ber`ry (?), n. (Bot.) (a) The red currant. (b) The bilberry. (c) A
peculiar New Zealand shrub (Coriaria ruscifolia), in which the petals
ripen and afford an abundant purple juice from which a kind of wine is
made. The plant also grows in Chili.
Wine"bib`ber (?), n. One who drinks much wine. Prov. xxiii. 20. —
Wine"bib`bing (#), n.
Wine"glass` (?), n. A small glass from which to drink wine.
Wine"glass`ful (?);, n. pl. Wineglassfuls (&?;). As much as a wineglass
will hold; enough to fill a wineglass. It is usually reckoned at two
fluid ounces, or four tablespoonfuls.
Wine"less, a. destitute of wine; as, wineless life.
Win"er*y (?), n. [Cf. F. vinerie.] A place where grapes are converted
into wine.
Wing (?), n. [OE. winge, wenge; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. &
Sw. vinge, Icel. vængr.]
1. One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They
correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but
in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the
wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming.
As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth
abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings.
Deut. xxxii. 11.
In the wing of a bird the long quill feathers are in series. The
primaries are those attached to the ulnar side of the hand; the
secondaries, or wing coverts, those of the forearm: the scapulars,
those that lie over the humerus; and the bastard feathers, those of the
short outer digit. See Illust. of Bird, and Plumage.
2. Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying.
Specifically: (Zoöl.) (a) One of the two pairs of upper thoracic
appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs
formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or
nervures. (b) One of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes.