wind-break 
wind-break (wind'brak), t: t. To break the 
wind of. See irind-brokcii. 
'Twould wind-break a mule to vie burdens with her. 
Ford. 
Windbroaellf (wind'broch), H. Tlie liurdy-gurdjr 
or vielle. 
Xero, a base Mind fiddler, or player on that instniment 
which is called a wiiuibroach. 
Urquhart, tr. of Rabelais, ii. 30. 
For an old man to pretend to talk wisely is like a mu- 
sician's endeavouring to fumble out a tine sonata upon 
a witid-hroach. Tom Brown, Works, II. 234. {Davies.) 
wind-broken (wiiid'br6''kn),p. a. Diseased in 
tlie respiratory orgaus; having the power of 
breathing impaired by chest-disease: as, a 
iciit't-hroken horse. Also broken-winded. 
wind-changing (wind'chan'juig), (I. Change- 
ful as the wind ; fickle. [Rare.] 
Wuid-chau'jing Warwick now can change no more. 
Shak., 3 Hen. VI., v. 1. 67. 
wind-chart (wind'chart), n. A chart showing 
the wind-tlirections at a given time, or the lii- 
rections prevailing during any period of the 
year over any region of the earth. Wind charts 
for the ocean, of which the "Wind and Current Charts" 
of the British Admiralty and the "Hlot I'harts" of the 
I'nited .States Hydrographic Oilice are exaniiiles, consti- 
tute an important aid to navigators. 
wind-chest (wind'chest), «. In ornan-buUdinij, 
a chest or box immediately below the pipes or 
reeds, from which the compressed air is ad- 
mitted to them by means of valves or pallets. 
See orgaii^ and reed-organ. 
wind-colic (wind'kol ik), «. Intestinal pain 
caused by flatulence. 
Wind-COntUaion(wind'kon-tii"zhou), M. In surij., 
a contusion, such as rupture of the liver or con- 
cussion of the brain, unaccompanied by any ex- 
ternal mark of violence, supposed to bi' pro- 
duced by the air when rapidly displaced by the 
velocity of a projectile, as a cannon-ball, it is 
now. however, considered to be occasioned by the projec. 
tile itself striking the body in an oblique direction, the 
comparative escape of the external soft tissues being ac- 
counted for by the degree of oldiquity with which the mis- 
sile impinges on the elastic skin, togetlier witli the posi- 
tion of the internal structures injured relatively to the 
impingement of the ball on one side and liard resisting 
substances on another. Also called uindafje. 
wind-cutter (wind'kut"6r), n. In organ-budd- 
ing, the upper lip of the mouth of a flue-pipe, 
against which the stream of air impinges when 
the pipe is sounded. 
wind-Qial (wind'di'al), n. A dial showing the 
changes in the direction of the wind by means 
of an index or pointer connected with a wind- 
vane. 
The Wirxd Dial lately set up at (irigsby's Coffee and 
Chocolate House, behind the Royal Exchange, being the 
first and only one in any publick House in Kngland, and 
liaving given great Satisfaction to all that have seen it, 
and being of Constant use to those that are in any wise 
Concerned in Navigation. 
Quoted in Athton'i Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, 
III. 5«. 
wind-dog (wind'dog), n. A name popularly ap- 
plied to fragments of rainbows seen on de- 
taclied clouds. Also Kind-gall. 
wind-dropsy (wind'drop'si). «. Emphysema; 
tympanites. 
Wind-egg (wind'eg), «. An infecund or other- 
wise imperfect egg, as one which will produce 
nothing but wind (gas); a soft-sliclled egg, such 
as may be laid by a hen that is comparatively 
old or has been injured. 
winder! (win'dfer), «. [< ifi«rfi + -o'."! i. 
One who winds, rolls, or coils: as, a bobbin- 
winder. 
They consist of sewing b^)y8, shoe-binders, winiierg for 
weavers, and girls for all kinds of slop needlework. 
Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, II. 353. 
2. An instrument or a machine for winding 
thread, etc. (a) A contrivance like a small windlass re- 
volving a spool or reel upon wliicli the thread i.s wonnd. 
(b) A large adjustable frame which call be passed through 
the opening of a skein and then increased in diameter so as 
to hold it firmly for winding o(f. (c) A small stick, strip, 
or notched slate upon which thread can be wound : a 
substitute for a spool or reel. 
3. The key or utensil used to wind up the si)ring- 
work of a roasting-jack. 
To keep troublesome servants out of the kitchen, al- 
ways leave the mnder sticking on the jack to fall on their 
heads. Sui/t, Advice to .Servants (Cook). 
4. A plant that twists itself round others. 
Winders and creepers; as ivy. briony, hops. 
Bacon, .Nat. Hist., § 536. 
B. A winding-step of a staircase. 
winder''' (win'der), w. [< )n«rf2 -(- .(/i.] l. 
One who winds or sounds a horn. 
Winder of the horn, 
When snouted wild-boars routing tender corn 
Anger our huntsman. KeatH, p^iidymion, i. 
6935 
2 (win'der). A blow which takes away the 
breath.— 3. A fan. HalliweU. [Prov. Eng.] 
winder^ (win'der), v. t. [< winder", n. ; prob. 
in part a dial, corruption of "winner for win- 
«o(c.] Tofan; clean or winnow with a fan : as, 
to H(«rfec grain. Brockett. [Prov. Eng.] 
windfall (wind'fal), n. [< H-»»rfi + fain, c] 
1 . Something blown down by the wind, as fruit 
from a tree, or a number of trees in a forest. 
When they did spread, and their boughs were become 
too great for their stem, they became a wind/all upon the 
sudden. 
Bacon, True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates (ed. 1887). 
she's nobbut gone inf t' orchard, to see if she can find 
wiiid-faUs enough for t' make a pie or two for f lads. 
Mrs. Gaskell, Sylvia's Lovers, vi. 
2. An unexpected piece of good fortune, as an 
unexpected legacy. 
This man, who otherwise beforetirae was but poor and 
needy, by these windfalls and unexpected cheats became 
very wealthy. Holland, tr. of Plutarch's Morals, p. 1237. 
3. The tract of fallen trees, etc., which shows 
the path of a tornado. — 4. A violent gust of wind 
rushing from coast-ranges and mountains to the 
sea. — 5. The down-rush of air occurring on the 
leeward side of a hill or mountain at a distance 
from its base. 
windfallt (wind'fal), a. Windfallen. [Rare.] 
You shall have leaves and tcindJaU boughs enow, 
Near to these woods, to roast your meat withal. 
Marlowe and Nashe, Dido, Queen of Carthage, i. 1. 172. 
'windfallen (wind'fa''ln), a. Blown down by 
the wind. 
To gather ifind/all'n sticks. 
I>rayton, Polyolbion, xiii. 182. 
windfanner (wind'fan"er), n. Same as wind- 
hover. 
■wind-fertilized (wind'fer^ti-lizd), a. In bot., 
fertilized with pollen borne by the wind, as 
flowers ; anemophilous, as conifers, grasses, 
sedges, etc. 
■windfish (wind'fish), H. The fall-fish, or silver 
chub, Scmotilus bullaris, the largest cyprinoid 
of eastern North America. See Semotilus. 
'Wind-flower (wind'flou"er),H. 1. A plant of the 
genus Anemone, chiefly the wood-anemone, A. 
nemoro.sd : so called by translation of the classic 
name of an anemone or other plant anciently 
associated with the wind. The wind-loving reputa- 
tion of this plant appears to have been conferred chiefly 
by the name. The wind-Hower is a small herb, found in 
Europe, northwestern Asia, and North America, bearing a 
whorl of three trifoliate leaves and a single delicate white 
or outwardly pinkish vernal flower. The American pasque- 
flower, A. patens, var. Xuttalliana, bears the name specifi- 
cally in the western United .States. 
Bide thou where the poppy blows. 
With wind-Jiowers frail and fair. 
Bryant, Arctic Lover. 
2. The marsh-gentian, Gentiana Pneumonanthe. 
Trcii.s: of Bot. 
■wind-furnace (wiud'fer'nas), )(. Any form of 
furnace using the natural draft of a chimney 
without the aid of a bellows or blower; a nat- 
ural-draft furnace; a laboratory-furnace pro- 
vided with a tall chimney. 
The crucible is then placed in a miid-/urnace,&ni\ slowly 
heated as long as fumes escape. Ure, Diet, IV. 553. 
■wind-gage (wind'gaj), n. 1. An instrument 
for ascertaining the velocity and force of wind ; 
an anemometer. See anemometer. — 2. An ap- 
paratus or contrivance for measuring or indi- 
cating the amount of the pressure of the wind 
in the wind-chest of an organ. — 3. Milit., a 
graduated attachment to the sights of a fire- 
arm or cannon by which allowance can be made, 
in aiming, for tlie effect of the wind upon the 
projectile. 
wind-gall' (wind'gal), n. [< icind^ + gall^-'i 
Distension of the synovial bursa at the fetlock- 
joint of the horse, such as may be felt on each 
side of the tendons behind the joint. Also 
called pnf. 
His horse, . . . full of windgalls, sped with spavins. 
Shak., T. of the S., iii. 2. 63. 
Neither Spavin, Splinter, nor Wind-gall. 
Etherege, She Would if .She Could, ii. 2. 
wind-galP (wind'gal), n. [< xcind'^ + gain-, as 
in water-gall, weather-gall.] Same as wind-dog. 
" Wind-dogs," . . . fragments or pieces (as it were) of 
rainbows (sometimes called wind-galls) seen on detached 
clouds. Fitz Roy, Weather Book, p. 23. 
'Wind-galled(wind'gald).«. Having wind-galls. 
Did you think 1 was Wind-gall'd? I can sing too, if I 
plea.se. Steele, Tender Husband, iii. 1. 
wind-gap (wind'gap), H. See gap, 2. 
■wind-gun (wind'gun), n. Same as air-gnn. 
I'orc'd from wind-guns, lead itself can fly. 
And pond'rous slugs cut swiftly through the sky. 
Pope, Dunciad, l. 181 
'winding-rope 
■wind-hatch (wind'hach), n. In mining, the 
opening or place where ore is taken out of the 
earth. 
Windhawk (wind'hak), II. The windhover or 
kestrel. 
■wind-herb (wind'erb), n. See Phlomis. 
■wind-house (wind'hous), «. A house built 
partly underground to serve as a shelter or 
place of refuge in hurricanes. 
■windhover (wind'huv''''er), )(. A kind of hawk, 
the kestrel, Falco tinnunculus or Tinnnnculus 
alaudarins : so called from its hovering in the 
face of the wind. See kestrel. Also called 
windbibber, icindcuffer, windfanner, windhawk, 
unndsucker, vanner-hawk, staniel, etc. 
About as long 
As the wind-hover hangs in balance. 
Tennyson, Aylmer's Field. 
windily (win'di-li), adv. With high wind ; in a 
way that betokens wind. 
The stars were glittering windily even before this crim- 
son melted out of the east. 
W. C. Bussell, Sailor's Sweetheart, iv. 
windiness (win'di-ues). n. 1. The state of be- 
ing windy or tempestuous: as, the leindiness 
of the weather or season. — 2. Flatulence. — 
3. Tendency to generate wind (gas) ; as, the 
tt'i'»rfi«('»s' of vegetables. — 4. Tumor; puffiness : 
vanity; boastfulness. 
The swelling untidiness of much knowledge. 
Brerewood's Languages, Pref. 
windingl (win'diug), p. a. [Ppr. of wind^, c] 
1. Curving; spiral: as, a triHrf(«(/ stair. 
The staires are winding, having a stately roofe. 
Coryat, Crudities, I. 35. 
2. Full of bends or turns: as, a roinrfj«(; path. 
The ascent [of mount Tabor] is so easy that we rode 
up the north side by a winding road. 
Pococke, Description of the East, II. i. 61. 
Across the court-yard, into the dark 
Of the icindiiig pathway in the park. 
Curate and lantern disappear. 
Longfellow, Baron of St. Caatine. 
3. Warped; twisted; bent; crooked: as, awi«rf- 
ing surface. 
■winding! (win'ding), n. [< ME. wijndijnge ; ver- 
bal n. of tc/drfl, I'.] 1. A turn or turning; abend; 
flexure ; meander : as, the windings of a road or 
stream. 
The degise, endentyng, barrynge, owndynge, palynge, 
wijndyngc or bendynge, and semblable wast of clooth in 
vanitee. Chaucer, Parson's Tale. 
They |the ways] were wonderfull hard, all stony and 
full of windings. Coryat, Crudities, I. 92. 
To follow the windings of this river. 
Addison, Remarks on Italy (Works, ed. Bohn, I. 537). 
The windings of the marge. Tennyson, Edwin Morris. 
2. A twist in any surface, so that all its parts 
do not lie in the same ])lane ; a casting or warp- 
ing, a wilt — Compound winding. When the field- 
magnets of a dynamo are fitted with two coils, one of 
which is j)laced in circuit with the armature and external 
leads, while the other is connected across the terminals 
as a shunt, the dynamo is said to be compound wound, and 
the winding ci.mpound winding. — Differential ■Winding. 
See differential.— la 'Winding, warped : out of the straight : 
applied by joiners to a piece of wood wlien two of its oppo- 
site corners stixiid hi^^her than the other two.— Out Of 
Winding, lirouglit to a plane; said of a surface: a work- 
men's phrase. - Series winding. A dynamo is said to be 
series wound, or to have a series winding, when its field- 
magnet coil is joined in series with the armature coil- — 
Shunt ■winding. When the field-magnet coils of a dy- 
namo are designed for, and connected as, a shunt on the 
armature coil, the dynamo is said to be shunt wound, and 
the method of winding shunt unnding. 
■winding'-' (win'ding), n. [Verbal n. of wind'^, v.] 
A call by the boatswain's whistle. 
■winding-engine (win'diug-en"jin), «. Any 
steani-tnolor employed to turn a drtim around 
which a hoisting-roi)e is drawn; in a mine, an 
engine by which the ropes are wound on and 
unwound from the drums, for raising or lower- 
ing tlie bucket, kibble, or cage on which the 
mined material is brought to the surface. 
Also called drawing-engine and hoisting-engine. 
windingly (win'ding-li), adv. In a winding man- 
ner; with curves, bends, or turns. 
Ttie stream that creeps 
Windinyly Ijy it. Keats, Endymion, i. 
■winding-pendant (win 'ding- pen "dant), n. 
.\aiit., a pendant liooked at the fore- or main- 
masthead with its biglit secured as far out as 
necessary on the foreyard or main-yard, and 
having a heavy tackle," called a winding-faekle, 
depending from its lower end. used for lifting 
heavy weights. 
■winding-rope (win'diug-rop), n. In milling, the 
ro])e wliieh connects the cage with the drum 
of the winding-engine. Forineily the winding-ropes 
