WINCE, wins, _v.i._ to shrink or start back: to be affected acutely, as by
a sarcasm: to be restive, as a horse uneasy at its rider.--_n._ WIN'CER,
one who winces. [O. Fr. _guinchir_, _ganchir_, to wince--Old High Ger.
_wenkan_ (Ger. _wanken_), to wince. Allied to Eng. _wink_, and Ger.
_winken_, to nod.]
WINCEY, WINSEY, win'si, _n._ a cloth, plain or twilled, usually with a
cotton warp and woollen filling--same as linsey-woolsey (q.v.).
WINCH, winsh, _n._ the crank of a wheel or axle: a kind of hoisting
machine: a dyer's reel suspended horizontally by the ends of its axis over
the vat, so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment of the
bath according as it is turned on the right or left.--Also WINCE. [A.S.
_wince_, prob. orig. 'a bent handle,' and so akin to Eng. _wink_.]
WIND, wind (_poet._ w[=i]nd), _n._ air in motion: breath: flatulence:
anything insignificant: the wind instruments in an orchestra: air
impregnated with scent: a hint or suggestion of something secret,
publicity: (_slang_) a part of the body near the stomach: a disease of
sheep in which the inflamed intestines are distended by gases.--_v.t._
(w[=i]nd) to sound or signal by blowing: to scent: (wind) to expose to the
wind: to drive hard, so as to put out of breath: to allow to recover
wind:--_pr.p._ w[=i]nd'ing and wind'ing; _pa.p._ wind'ed and wound.--_ns._
WIND'AGE, the difference between the size of the bore of a gun and that of
the ball or shell: the influence of the wind in deflecting a missile;
WIND'BAG, a person of mere words.--_adjs._ WIND'-BOUND, hindered from
sailing by a contrary wind; WIND'-BR[=O]'KEN, affected with convulsive
breathing--of a horse; WIND'-CHANG'ING, fickle.--_ns._ WIND'-CHART, a chart
showing the direction of the wind; WIND'-CHEST, the box or reservoir that
supplies compressed air to the pipes or reeds of an organ; WIND'-DROP'SY,
tympanites; WIND'-EGG, an addle-egg, one soft-shelled or imperfectly
formed; W[=I]ND'ER, one who sounds a horn: one who, or that which, winds or
rolls; WIND'FALL, fruit blown off a tree by the wind: any unexpected money
or other advantage.--_adj._ WINDFALL'EN, blown down by wind.--_ns._
WIND'-FLOW'ER, the wood-anemone; WIND'-FUR'NACE, any form of furnace using
the natural draught of a chimney without aid of a bellows; WIND'-GALL, a
puffy swelling about the fetlock joints of a horse; WIND'-GAUGE, an
instrument for gauging or measuring the velocity of the wind: an appliance
fixed to a gun by means of which the force of the wind is ascertained so
that allowance may be made for it in sighting; WIND'-GUN, air-gun;
WIND'-H[=O]'VER, the kestrel.--_adv._ WIND'ILY.--_ns._ WIND'INESS;
WIND'-IN'STRUMENT, a musical instrument sounded by means of wind or by the
breath.--_adj._ WIND'LESS, without wind.--_ns._ WIND'MILL, a mill for
performing any class of work in which fixed machinery can be employed, and
in which the motive-power is the force of the wind acting on a set of
sails; WIND'PIPE, the passage for the breath between the mouth and lungs,
the trachea.--_adj._ WIND'-RODE (_naut._), riding at anchor with head to
the wind.--_ns._ WIND'ROSE, a graphic representation of the relative
frequency of winds from different directions drawn with reference to a
centre; WIND'ROW, a row of hay raked together to be made into cocks, a row
of peats, &c., set up for drying; WIND'-SAIL (_naut._), a wide funnel of
canvas used to convey a stream of air below deck.--_adj._ WIND'-SH[=A]'KEN,
agitated by the wind.--_ns._ WIND'SIDE, the side next the wind;
WIND'-SUCK'ER, the kestrel: a critic ready to fasten on any weak spot,
however small or unimportant.--_adjs._ WIND'-SWIFT, swift as the wind;
WIND'-TIGHT, air-tight.--_adv._ WIND'WARD, toward where the wind blows
from.--_adj._ toward the wind.--_n._ the point from which the wind
blows.--_adj._ WIND'Y.--A CAPFUL OF WIND, a slight breeze; BEFORE THE WIND,
carried along by the wind; BETWEEN WIND AND WATER, that part of a ship's
side which is now in, now out of, the water owing to the fluctuation of the
waves: any vulnerable point; BROKEN WIND, a form of paroxysmal dyspnoea;
CAST, or LAY, AN ANCHOR TO WINDWARD, to make prudent provision for the
future; DOWN THE WIND, moving with the wind; FIGHT WINDMILLS, to struggle
with imaginary opposition, as Don Quixote tilted at the windmill; GET ONE'S
WIND, to recover one's breath; GET THE WIND OF, to get on the windward side
of; GET TO WINDWARD OF, to secure an advantage over; GET WIND OF, to learn
about, to be informed of; HAVE THE WIND OF, to be on the trail of; HOW THE
WIND BLOWS, or LIES, the state of the wind: the position of affairs; IN THE
WIND, astir, afoot; IN THE WIND'S EYE, IN THE TEETH OF THE WIND, right
against the wind; SAIL CLOSE TO THE WIND, to keep the boat's head near
enough to wind as to fill but not shake the sails: to be almost indecent;
SECOND WIND, new powers of respiration succeeding to the first
breathlessness; SOW THE WIND AND REAP THE WHIRLWIND, to act wrongly and
receive a crushing retribution. [A.S. _wind_; Ice. _vindr_, Ger. _wind_, L.
_ventus_, Gr. _a[=e]t[=e]s_, Sans. _v[=a]ta_, wind.]
WIND, w[=i]nd, _v.t._ to turn: to twist: to coil: to haul or hoist, as by a
winch: to encircle: to change: (_Spens._) to weave.--_v.i._ to turn
completely or often: to turn round something: to twist: to move spirally:
to meander: to beat about the bush:--_pr.p._ w[=i]nd'ing; _pa.t._ and
_pa.p._ wound.--_n._ W[=I]ND'ER, one who winds: an instrument for winding:
a twisting plant.--_adj._ W[=I]ND'ING, curving, full of bends:
twisted.--_n._ a turning: a twist.--_n._ W[=I]ND'ING-EN'GINE, a machine for
hoisting.--_adv._ W[=I]ND'INGLY.--_ns._ W[=I]ND'ING-MACHINE', a twisting or
warping machine; W[=I]ND'ING-SHEET, a sheet enwrapping a corpse: the
dripping grease which clings to the side of a candle; W[=I]ND'-UP, the
close.--WIND A SHIP, to turn her about end for end; WIND UP, to come to a
conclusion: to tighten, to excite very much: to give new life to: to adjust
for final settlement: (_Shak._) to restore to harmony. [A.S. _windan_; Ger.
_winden_, Ice. _vinda_, Goth. _windan_. Cf. _Wend_, _Wander_.]
WINDLASS, wind'las, _n._ a modification of the wheel and axle, used for
raising weights, consisting of a revolving cylinder.--_v.i._ to use a
windlass.--_v.t._ to hoist by means of such. [Skeat explains as a
corruption, due to confusion with the succeeding word, of M. E. _windas_, a
windlass--Ice. _vindáss_--_vinda_, to wind; Dut. _windas_.]
WINDLASS, wind'las, _n._ (_Shak._) indirect, crafty action.--_v.i._ to take
a round-about course. [For _wind-lace_, a winding course; from _wind_ (n.)
and _lace_, a twist.]
WINDLE, win'dl, _n._ an engine for turning: a dry measure. [A.S.
_windel_--_windan_, to turn.]
WINDLESTRAW, win'dl-straw, _n._ the stalk of various grasses. [A.S.
_windel_, a woven basket, _streów_, straw.]
WINDOW, win'd[=o], _n._ an opening in the wall of a building for air and
light: the frame in the opening: a cover, lid.--_v.t._ to furnish with
windows: (_Shak._) to make rents in: (_Shak._) to place in a window.--_ns._
WIND'OW-BAR, a wooden or iron bar fitted into a window for security:
(_Shak._) lattice-work across a woman's stomacher; WIN'DOW-BLIND, a blind
or screen for a window; WIN'DOW-BOLE (same as BOLE, 3); WIN'DOW-CUR'TAIN, a
curtain hung over a window, inside a room.--_adj._ WIN'DOWED, having a
window or windows.--_ns._ WIN'DOW-FRAME, a frame or case which surrounds a
window; WIN'DOW-GAR'DENING, the cultivation of plants indoors before a
window, or in boxes fitted on the outside sill; WIN'DOW-GLASS, glass
suitable for windows.--_adj._ WIN'DOWLESS, having no windows.--_ns._
WIN'DOW-PANE, a square of glass set in a window; WIN'DOW-SASH, a light
frame in which panes of glass are set; WIN'DOW-SCREEN, any device for
filling the opening of a window; WIN'DOW-SEAT, a seat in the recess of a
window; WIN'DOW-SHADE, a sheet covering the window when pulled out;
WIN'DOW-SILL, the flat piece of wood at the bottom of a
window-frame.--WINDOW TAX, till 1851 a tax in Great Britain levied on
windows of houses.--BLIND WINDOW, a window space blocked up with masonry.
[M. E. _windowe_--Ice. _vindauga_--_vindr_, wind, _auga_, eye.]
WINDRING, w[=i]nd'ring, _adj._ (_Shak._) winding.
WINDSOR, win'zor, _adj._ pertaining to _Windsor_, as in WIND'SOR-CHAIR, a
kind of strong, plain, polished chair, made entirely of wood;
WIND'SOR-SOAP, a kind of perfumed brown toilet-soap.
WINE, w[=i]n, _n._ the fermented juice of the grape: a liquor made from
other fruits: (_fig._) intoxication: a wine-drinking, a wine-party.--_ns._
WINE'-BAG, a wine-skin: a tippler; WINE'-BIBB'ER, a bibber or drinker of
wine: a drunkard; WINE'-BIBB'ING; WINE'-BIS'CUIT, a sweet biscuit intended
to be served with wine; WINE'-CASK, a cask for holding wine; WINE'-CELL'AR,
a cellar for storing wine.--_adj._ WINE'-COL'OURED, of the colour of red
wine.--_ns._ WINE'-COOL'ER, a receptacle for cooling wine in bottles about
to be served at table; WINE'-FAT, the vat receiving the liquor from a
wine-press; WINE'-GLASS, a small glass used in drinking wine;
WINE'-GLASS'FUL; WINE'-GROW'ER, one who cultivates a vineyard and makes
wine; WINE'-MEAS'URE, an old English liquid measure, its gallon 5/6 of the
gallon in beer-measure, containing 231 cubic inches--the standard United
States gallon; WINE'-MER'CHANT, a merchant who deals in wine, esp. at
wholesale; WINE'-PAR'TY, a drinking-party; WINE'-PRESS, a machine in which
grapes are pressed in the manufacture of wine; WINE'-SKIN, a skin for
holding wine; WINE'-STONE, crude argol; WINE'-T[=A]ST'ER, one whose
business it is to sample wines; WINE'-VAULT, a vaulted wine-cellar: (_pl._)
a place where wine is tasted or drunk.--ADAM'S WINE, water; RHINE, RHENISH,
WINE, wine produced on the banks of the _Rhine_, esp. hock; SPIRIT OF WINE,
alcohol; WHITE WINE, Chablis, Sauterne, the wines of Germany--formerly
Madeira and sherry. [A.S. _wín_; Goth, _wein_, Ger. _wein_; all from L.
_vinum_; cog. with Gr. _oinos_.]
WING, wing, _n._ the organ of a bird, or other animal or insect, by which
it flies: flight, means of flying: anything resembling a wing, any
side-piece, the side of a building, &c.: one of the longer sides of
crown-works or horn-works in fortification: the flank corps or division of
an army on either side: the ships on either extremity of a fleet ranged in
line: (_fig._) protection.--_v.t._ to furnish or transport with wings: to
lend speed to: to supply with side-pieces: to bear in flight, to traverse
by flying: to wound on the wing, to wound a person in arm or
shoulder.--_v.i._ to soar on the wing.--_adv._ WING'-AND-WING', the
condition of a ship sailing before the wind with studding sails on both
sides.--_n._ WING'-CASE, the horny case or cover over the wings of some
insects, as the beetle.--_adj._ WINGED, furnished with wings: swift:
wounded in the wing: lofty, sublime: alate, abounding in wings.--_adv._
WING'EDLY, on or by wings.--_adjs._ WING'-FOOT'ED, having wings on the
feet, aliped; WING'LESS, without wings.--_ns._ WING'LET, the bastard wing
or alula of a bird: the pterygium of a weevil; WING'-SHELL, a stromb: an
aviculoid bivalve, a hammer-oyster: a wing-snail; WING'-SHOOT'ING, the act
or practice of shooting flying birds; WING'-SHOT, a shot at a bird on the
wing: one who shoots flying birds.--_adj._ shot in the wing, or while on
the wing.--_adj._ WING'Y, having wings: soaring on wings.--WINGED BULL, a
common form in Assyrian sculpture, symbolic of domination.--MAKE, TAKE,
WING, to depart; ON, UPON, THE WING, flying, in motion: departing; ON THE
WINGS OF THE WIND, with the highest speed; UNDER ONE'S WING, under one's
protection. [Ice. _vængr_, a wing; Sw. _vinge_.]
WINK, wingk, _v.i._ to move the eyelids quickly: to give a hint by winking:
to seem not to see, connive at (gener. with _at_): to flicker, twinkle,
sparkle.--_v.t._ to close and open quickly.--_n._ act of winking: a hint
given by winking.--_ns._ WINK'-A-PEEP, the scarlet pimpernel; WINK'ER, one
who winks: a horse's blinkers: (_Shak._) an eye: the winking membrane of a
bird's eye, the winking muscle: a small bellows in an organ, regulated by a
spring, controlling variations of wind-pressure; WINK'ING, the act of
winking.--_adv._ WINK'INGLY.--FORTY WINKS (_coll._), a short nap; LIKE
WINKING (_slang_), very rapidly; TIP ONE THE WINK, to wink to one as a sign
of caution, or of mutual understanding, &c. [A.S. _wincian_ (Ger.
_winken_); akin to A.S. _wancol_, wavering.]
WINKLE=_Periwinkle_ (q.v.).
WINNA, win'a, a Scotch form for _will not_.
WINNING, win'ing, _adj._ and _n._--_n._ WIN'NER.--_adv._ WIN'NINGLY.
[_Win_.]
WINNOCK, win'ok, _n._ (_Scot._) a window.--Also WIN'DOCK.
WINNOW, win'[=o], _v.i._ to separate the chaff from the grain by wind: to
fan: to examine: to sift: to blow upon: (_Milt._) to set in motion:
(_rare_) to flap, flutter.--_v.i._ to separate chaff from grain.--_n._ a
fan for winnowing.--_ns._ WINN'OWER; WINN'OWING; WINN'OWING-FAN, -MACHINE',
a fan, machine, for winnowing. [A.S. _windwian_, to winnow.]
WINSEY=_Wincey_ (q.v.).
WINSOME, win'sum, _adj._ cheerful: pleasant: attractive.--_adv._
WIN'SOMELY.--_n._ WIN'SOMENESS. [A.S. _wyn-sum_, pleasant--_wyn_, joy (Ger.
_wonne_).]
WINTER, win't[.e]r, _n._ the cold season of the year: a year: any season of
cheerlessness: the last corn of the harvest, a harvest festival.--_adj._
wintry.--_v.i._ to pass the winter.--_v.t._ to feed, or to detain, during
winter.--_ns._ WIN'TER-APP'LE, an apple that keeps well in winter, or that
does not ripen till winter; WIN'TER-BAR'LEY, a kind of barley which is sown
in autumn.--_adj._ WIN'TER-BEAT'EN (_Spens._), beaten or injured by the
cold of winter.--_ns._ WIN'TER-BERR'Y, a name given to several shrubs of
the genus _Ilex_, growing in the eastern parts of North America;
WIN'TER-BLOOM, the witch-hazel; WIN'TER-BOURNE, an intermittent spring in
the chalk-districts; WIN'TER-CHERR'Y, one of the _Solanaceæ_, a plant with
edible red berries--also called in the United States _Strawberry-tomatoes_:
the Balloon-vine, having large triangular, inflated fruit.--_adj._
WIN'TER-CLAD, warmly clad.--_ns._ WIN'TER-CLOV'ER, the partridge-berry;
WIN'TER-CRESS, a cruciferous plant, cultivated for winter salad;
WIN'TER-CROP, a crop that will endure the winter, or that yields fodder in
winter-time.--_adj._ WIN'TERED, having seen many winters: exposed to
winter: (_Shak._) worn in winter.--_ns._ WIN'TER-FALL'OW, a fallow made in
the winter; WIN'TER-GAR'DEN, an ornamental garden for winter;
WIN'TER-GREEN, a plant of genus _Pyrola_, also of _Chimaphila_: a plant of
genus _Gualtheria_, whose oil is an aromatic stimulant, used chiefly in
flavouring confectionery and syrups.--_v.t._ WIN'TER-GROUND (_Shak._), to
protect, as a plant, from the inclemency of winter.--_ns._ WIN'TER-LODGE,
-LODG'MENT, the hibernacle of a plant.--_adj._ WIN'TERLY,
cheerless.--_n.pl._ WIN'TER-QUAR'TERS, the quarters of an army during
winter: a winter residence.--_ns._ WIN'TER-SETT'LE, an old word for a
winter dwelling; WIN'TER-TIDE, winter: WIN'TER-WHEAT, wheat sown in autumn;
WIN'TRINESS.--_adjs._ WIN'TRY, WIN'TERY, resembling, or suitable to,
winter: stormy. [A.S. _winter_; Ger. _winter_; of uncertain origin; not
conn. with _wind_.]
WINTER, win't[.e]r, _n._ an appliance for fixing on the front of a grate,
to keep warm a tea-kettle or the like.
WINTER'S-BARK, win't[.e]rs-bärk, _n._ a stimulant, aromatic, and tonic
bark, named from Captain _Winter_, who first brought it from the Strait of
Magellan in 1579.
WINTLE, win'tl _v.i._ (_Scot._) to stagger.--_n._ a stagger.
WINY, w[=i]'ni, _adj._ having the qualities of, or resembling, wine:
influenced by wine.