wind-scale 
wind-scale (wind'skal), V. See sealC'^, 
wind-seed (wind'sed), «. A plant of the com- 
posite genus Arctotis. 
wind-shaft (wind'shaft), n. See irindmiU, 1. 
wind-shake (wiud'shak), «, A flaw in the tim- 
ber of exogenous trees. See shake, ?(., 7, and 
aticiiiosis. 
If you come into a shop, and find a bow that is small 
long.heavy, and strong, lying straight, not winding, not 
marred with knot gall, uind-shake, wem, fret, or pinch, 
buy that bow of my warrant. 
Ascham, Toxophilus (ed. 1864), p. 107. 
wind-shaked+(Avind'shakt),ff. Same as iviud- 
shaken. [Rare.] 
The wind-shaked surge, with high and monstrous mane, 
Seems to cast water on the burning bear. 
Shak., Othello, ii. 1. 13. 
wind-shaken (wind'sha''''kn), a. 1. Driven or 
agitated by the wind; tottering or trembling 
in the wind. 
He 'b the rock, the oak not to be wind-shaken. 
Shak., Cor., v. 2. 117. 
2. Impaired by the action of the wind: as, 
wind-shaken timber. 
wind-shock (wind'shok), n. Same as wind-shake. 
wind-side (wind'sid), n. The windward side. 
Mrs. Broicning. 
Windsor bean, chair, Knight, soap. See 
bean'^, 2, chair, etc. 
wind-spout (wind 'spout), n. A waterspout, 
tornado-funnel, or other form of whirlwind. 
wind-storm (wind'storm), M. See storm. 
windstroke (wind'strok), n. A paralysis of 
spinal origin in the horse. 
Windsucker (wind'suk^er), ?i. 1. The wind- 
hover or kestrel. [Kent, Eng.] 
Kistrilles or zvindsuckers, that filling themselves with 
winde, fly against the wind evennore. 
Kashe, Lenten Stutfe (Harl. Misc., VI. 170). 
2. A person ready to pounce on any one, or on 
any blemish or weak point. 
There is a certain envious windsticker, that hovei-s up 
and down, labouriously engrossing all the air with his luxu- 
rious ambition, and buzzing into every ear my detraction. 
Chapm<tn, Iliad, Pref. to the Reader. 
But it would be something too extravagant for the veri- 
est wind-sucker among commentators to start a theory 
that a revision was made of his original work by Marlowe 
^ter additions had been made to it by Shakespeare. 
Svnnbtirne, Shakespeare, p. 55. 
3. A crib-biter. 
wind-sucking (wind'suk''''ing), n. The noise 
made by a horse in crib-biting. 
wind-swift (wind'swift), a. Swift as the wind. 
Therefore hath the wind-swift Cupid wings. 
Shak.y R. and J., ii. 5, 8. 
windthrush (wind 'thrush), n. The redwing, 
Turdiis iliacus. Also called winnord and windle. 
See cut 2 under thrush'^. [Prov. Eng.] 
wind-tight (wind'tit), a. So tight as to pre- 
vent the passage of wind or air. 
Cottages . . . loind-tight and water-tight. 
Bp. Hall, Remains, p. 46. {Latham.) 
wind-trunk (wind'tmngk), n. In orr/an-build- 
ing, a duet wliich conducts the compressed air 
from the bellows to a wind-chest. See cut un- 
der organ. 
wind-up (wind'up). ??, [< wind up : see wind^.'] 
The conclusion or final adjustment and settle- 
ment of any matter, as a speech, business, en- 
tertainment, etc.; the closing act; the close. 
Very well married, to a gentleman in a great way, near 
Bristol, who kept two carriages ! That was the wind-up of 
the historj'. Jane Austen, Emma, xxii. 
I must be . . . careful . . . to . . . have a regular wind- 
up of this business. Dickens, Bleak House, xviii. 
windward (wind'ward), a. and n. [< wind'^ + 
-ward.'} I, a. On the side toward the point from 
which the wind blows: as, windward shrouds. 
II. n. The point from which the wind blows : 
as, to ply or sail to windward. 
To windward, the pale-green water ran into a whitish 
sky. W. C. Russell, Jack's Courtship, xxii. 
To get to the windward of one, to get the advantage of 
one ; get the better of one ; take the wind out of one's sails. 
—To lay or cast an aaichor to windward, to adopt 
measures for success or security. 
windward (wind'wiird), adr. [< irind'^ + -ward.} 
Toward the wind: opposed to leeward. 
wind-way (wind'wa), n. 1. In ynining, a pas- 
sage for air. — 2. In ortfan-buildinf/. See mpcl, 
2 {a). 
wind-wheel (wind'hwel), V. A wlieel moved by 
the wind and used as a source of power, as in 
the windmill, wind-j>unip, etc*. 
windy (win'di), a. [< MP], windy, windi, < AS. 
windig, full of wind, < wind, wind (see wi}id^), + 
-y^-} 1. Consisting of wind ; formed by gaU's. 
The windy tempest of my heart. 
Shak., 3 Hen. VI., ii. 5. 86. 
6938 
2. Next the wind; windward. 
Still you keep o' the windy side of the law. 
Shak., T. N., iil. 4. 181. 
3. Tempestuous; boisterous: as, »*/«r/y weather. 
The windy Seas. Heywood, Hierarchy of Angels, p. 5. 
4. Exposed to or affected by the wind. 
The building rook 'ill caw from the windy tall elm-tree. 
Tennyson, May Queen, New-Year's Eve. 
5. Wind-like; resembling the wind. 
Her windy sighs. Shak., Venus and Adonis, 1. 51. 
The windy breath 
Of soft petitions. Shak., K. John, ii. 1. 477. 
6. Tending to generate wind or gas in the 
stomach; flatulent: as, windy food. 
This drink is windy, and so is the Fruit [plantain] eaten 
raw ; but boil'd or roasted it is not so. 
Dampier, Voyages, I. 314. 
7. Caused or attended by gas in the stomach or 
intestines. 
A witidy colic. Arbuthnot, Aliments. 
8. Affected with flatulence ; troubled with wind 
in the stomach or bowels. Dunglison. — 9, Airy ; 
unsubstantial; empty; vain. 
What windy joy this day had I conceived. 
Milton, S. A., 1. 1574. 
Here 's that windy applause, that poor transitory plea- 
sure, for which I was dishonoured. South. 
10. Talkative; boastful; vain. [Colloq.] 
Yet after these blustering insolences and windy ostenta- 
tions all this thing is but a man, and tliat, God knows, a 
very foolish one. Rev. T. Adams, Works, I. 52. 
windy-footed (win'di-fut''''ed), a. Wind-swift ; 
swift-footed. [Rare.] 
The windy-footed dame. Chapman. 
wine (win), n. [< ME. win, wyn, < AS. win = 
OS. OFries. win = D. tcijn — MLG. icin = LG. 
wien = OHG. MHG. ici7i, G. wein, winey =Icel. 
vin = Sw. Dan, vin = Goth, wein = It. Sp. 
vino = Pg. vinho = F, vin = Slav. OBnlg. Serv. 
rino = Bohem. vino = Pol. W'ino = Russ. vino 
= Olr. fin, Ir. Gael. Jion, < L. vinuni, wine, 
collectively grapes, =: Gr. olvo^, wine, allied 
to o'lPT/j the vine ; cf* L. vitis, the vine, vinca, 
vine, etc. From the L. vinnni are also ult. E. 
vine, vignette, vinous, vinegar, vintage, vintner, 
etc.] 1. The fermented juice of the grape or 
fruit of the vine, Vitis. See Vitis. Wines are dis- 
tinguished practically by their color, their hardness or 
softness on the palate, their flavor, and their being still or 
effervescing. The differences in the quality of wines de- 
pend upon differences in the varieties of vine, and quite 
as much on the differences of the soils in which the vines 
are planted, in the exposure of the vineyards, in the treat- 
ment of the grapes, and in the mode of manufactur- 
ing the wines. W hen the grapes are just fully ripe, the 
wine is generally most perfect as regards strength and 
flavor. The leading character of wine, however, must be 
referred to the alcohol which it contains, and upon which 
its intoxicating powers principally depend. The amount 
of alcohol in the stronger ports and sherries as found in the 
market is from 16 to 25 per cent, ; in hock, claret, and other 
light wines, from 7 per cent. Wine containing more than 
13 per cent, of alcohol may be assumed to be fortified with 
brandy or other spirit. Among the most celebrated ancient 
wines were those of Lesbos and Chios of the Greeks, and the 
Falernian and Cecuban of the Romans. Among the prin- 
cipal modern wines are port, sheny, Bordeaux, Burgundy, 
champagne. Madeira, Rhine, Moselle, Tokay, and Marsala. 
The principal wine-producing countries are France, Ger- 
many, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Greece, 
Cape Colony, Australia, and the United States. 
That mon much merthe con make, 
For wyn in his bed that wende. 
Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 900. 
He (God] causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and 
herb for the service of man; that he may bring forth food 
out of the earth, and wine that maketh glad the heart of 
man. Ps. civ. 14, 15. 
Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape 
Crusird the sweet poison of misused ivine. 
MiltoHy Comus, 1. 47. 
2. The juice, fermented or unfermented, of 
certain fruits or plants, prepared in imitation 
of wine obtained from grapes: as, gooseberry 
wine; raspberry «6*iHe. 
Perhaps you'd like to spend a couple of shillings, or so, 
in a bottlu of currant ivine by and by? 
Dickens, David Copperfield, vi. 
3. Figuratively, intoxication produced by the 
use of wine. 
Xoah awoke from his wine. Gen. ix. 24. 
Fled all the boon companions of the Earl, 
And left him lying in the public way ; 
So vanish friendships only made in ivinc. 
Tennyson, Geraint. 
4. A wine-drinking; a meal or feast of which 
wine is an important feature; specifically, a 
wine-party at one of the English xmiversities. 
A death's-head at the ivine. Tennyson, Princess, iv. 
Wines are an expiring institution at Oxford. Except in 
the form i>f semi-public festivities, such as Freshmen's 
Win^s or Mods. Wines, they hardly survive. 
Dickens's Diet. Oxford, p. 128. 
winebibbing 
5. Inphar., a solution of a medicinal substance 
in wine: as, wine of coca; wine of colchicum. — 
6. Same as icine-</lasfi : a trade-term Adam*B 
wine. Same as Adarn's ale (which see, under Adam). — 
Antimonial,bastardt, burnt wine. See the adjectives. 
—Bitter wine of iron, citrate of iron and quinine with 
tincture of sweet orange peel and syrup in sherry.— China 
wine, a name erroneously applied to Chinese samshoo. 
-Comet wine. See com^f.- Concrete oil of wine. 
Same as efAen'n. — Cowslip Wine. See cowslip. — ViXk- 
retic wine, a solution of squills, digitalis, juniper, and 
potassium acetate in white wine. — Flowers Of Wine. 
See ^ower.— Gascon wine. See Gascon.— Gooseberry 
wine. See yooseberry.— Green wine, a technical name 
for wines dui ing the first year after making.— Heavy Oil 
of wine. Same as ethereal oil (a) (which see, under etfie- 
reflO— High Wines. See hiyh.—'L^ Rose wines, good 
claret of the second quality, resembling in flavor Chateau 
La Rose, which is produced in the same district.— Li- 
queur wine. See liqueur, 1 (a).- LOW Wine, in distilla- 
tion, the result of the first i-un of the still from the fer- 
mented liquor or wash. It is about as alcoholic as sherry. 
— Oil of wine, ethereal oil, a reputed anodyne, but used 
only in the preparation of other compounds.— Palm 
wine. Same as (orfd^/.l.-PelUSian wine. ^e&Pelugian. 
— Quinine wine, sheiTy with sulphate of quinine in solu- 
tion.-— Rhenish wine, hock, or wine of the Khine: the 
old name, now somewhat uncommon except in poetry and 
fiction. Compare Rhine icine. — Rhine Wine, wine pro- 
duced on the banks of the Rhine, especially the still white 
wines of that region: formerly known as hock. — Sops 
in winet. See «op.— Sparkling wine. See sparkle.— 
Spirit of wine, alcohol.— steel wine. Same as u-iw. 
of iron.— Stroller white wine, a name used in the 
formulas of the Tjnited States Pharmacopteia to designate 
sherry.— Tears Of strongwine. See?car2.— To drink 
wine apet, to drink so as to act foolishly. 
I trowe that ye dronken han wyn ape, 
And that is whan men pleyen with a straw. 
Cluiucer, Prol. to Manciple's Tale, 1. 44. 
White wine, wine light in color and transparent. Es- 
pecially— (a) In the British islands, during the eigh- 
teenth century and until about 1&50, almost exclusively 
Madeira and sherry. (6) More recently in the British 
islands, and geneially in the Inited States, the much 
lighter-colored wines of France, as Chablis and Sauterne, 
and the wines of Gennany.— Wine Of citrate Of iron, 
a solution of ammonioferric citrate with tincture of sweet 
orange peel and simple syrup in sherrj'.-^Wine Of COl- 
Chicum-root, a vinous extract of colchicum -root con- 
taining 40 per cent, of tlie active ingredient of the drug. 
—Wine Of colchicum-seed, a vinous extract of colchi- 
cum-seeds, containing 15 per cent, of the active ingre- 
dient of the drug.— Wine Of iron (vinutn ferri of the 
Hritish Pharmacopeia), sherry with iron tartrate in so- 
lution.— Wine of one eaxt. Seeeari.— Wine Of Opium, 
a solution of two ounces of opium in a pint of sherrj-, 
flavored with cinnamon and cloves. Also called Syden- 
ham,'s laudanum. — Wine Of Wales, metheglin ; mead. 
S. Dmvell, Taxes in England, IV. 63.— Wine whey, a drink 
made by mixing wine with sweetened milk. The milk be- 
ing curdled and separated, either by the wine or in some 
other manner, the flavored whey fonns the beverage.- 
Wormwood wine. SeewormM-oorf.— Yard of wine. See 
yard of ale, under yard^. (See also ginger-wine, rice-wine.) 
wine (win), V. ; pret. and pp. wined, ppr. wining. 
[< wine, n.} I, trans. To fill, supply, or enter- 
tain with wine. 
To u-ine the King's Cellar. Howell, Letters, ii. 54. 
A Philadelphia political club would dine and wine two 
Free Trade members of Congress. The Am€ricany\ II. 230. 
II, intrans. To drink wine. [Colloq.] 
Hither they repair each day after dinner "to wine." 
Alma Mater, I. 95 (B. H. Hall, ODllege Words and Cus- 
[toms, p. 491). 
wine-bag (win'bag), n. 1. A wine-skin. — 2. 
A person who indulges frequently and largely 
in wine. [Colloq.] 
wineballt (win'bal), n. [< ME. wynebaJU; < 
irinc + tiaW^.} Same as wine-stone. 
Wyyne ballys (icyiie balle). . . . Pilaterie, vel pile tar- 
taree (vel pilens tartaricus). Prompt. Part., p. 529. 
wineberry (win'ber'''i), n. [< ME. wineberie, 
wynebcrye, < AS. wlnberge, grape, < win, wine, 
+ berie, berge, berry: see wine and berry^. 
Hence in variant form winberry.} If. The 
grape. 
Aftur mete, peeres, nottys, strawl>erries, wilneberies, and 
hardchese. Babees Book (E. £. T. S.), p. 122. 
The fygge, and als so the wyne-berye. 
Thmnas of Ersseldoune (Child's Ballads, I. 103). 
2. The red or black currant, or the gooseber- 
ry. [Prov. Eng.] — 3. A Japanese species of 
raspberry recently introduced into the United 
States. — 4. The whortleberry. See winherry. 
— 5. Same as toot-plant — New Zealand wine- 
berry, wineberry Bhmb. Same as toot-plant. 
winebibber (win'bib'er), n. One who drinks 
much wine; a tippler; a drunkard. 
The Son of man is come eating and drinking ; and ye 
say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a icinebibber, a friend 
of publicans and sinners I Luke vii. 34. 
winebibbery (win'bib'er-i), n. The habits or 
practices of winebibbors. 
The secret antiquities and private history of the royal 
icine-lribbiTy. Xoctes Ambrosiatisp, Sept,, 1632. 
winebibbing (win'bib'ing), /(.and ft. I. w. The 
liabit of drinking wine to excess; tippling; 
drunkenness. 
