winch (2)

[A corruption of wince (1), s.] A kick, as from impatience or fretfulne , as of a horse; a twist or turn. "The mule... within two or three winches overthrew him."- Shelton : Don Quixote , pt. ii., ch. 1. winch, v. i. [WINCH (2), s.] To kick with impatience; to shrink, to wince. Win-ches-ter (1), s. [See def.] 1. Geog .: The name of the capital city of Hampshire. *2. A Winchester pint, i . e., a quart. "Seal'd Winchester of three penny guzzle." -T . Brown : Works, ii. 180. *Winchester-bushel, s. A dry measure used in England from the time of Henry VII. to the year 1836, when the imperial bushel was made the standard measure. It contained 215042 cubic inches. *Winchester-goose, s . A cant term for a venereal sore, said to have originated from the public stews in South wark, England, being under the jurisdiction of the bishop of Winchester. ( Shakesp .: Henry VI ., Pt . I. , i. 3.) Winchester-measure, subst . The same as WINCHESTER-BUSHEL (q. v.). Win-çhes-ter (2), s . [See def. and compound.] The name of the inventor. Winchester-rifle, Winchester repeating-rifle, IMG:content-0917.jpg:[graphic] subst. Fire- arms : A magazine rifle, the reserve chamber of which contains sixteen cartridges, which can be discharged in as many seconds. winç-ing, adj. [Eng. wince (3), s.; -ing.] [See compound.] wincing-machine, s. [WINCE (3), s.] *win-co-pipe, s. [WINK-A-PEEP.] wind (in poetry often wind) (1), *winde, *wynd, *wynde, s . [A. S. wind ; cogn. with Dut. wind; Icel. vindr ; Dan. & Sw. vind; O. H. Ger. wint; Welsh gwynt ; from the Sansc. root va = to blow.] Goth. winds, winths; German wind; Latin vent us; I. Ordinary Language : 1. In the same sense as II. 2. A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compa , especially one of the cardinal points. "Come from the four winds , O breath, and breathe upon these slain." - Ezekiel xxxvii. 9. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, "With the whiff and wind of his fell sword." Shakesp.: Othello , iii. 3. 4. The lungs or organs of breathing. "Blow till thou burst thy wind."-Shakesp.: Tempest, blow sometimes in one direction and sometimes in another, as the prevalent winds of the temperate and arctic zones. The direction of the wind is easily ascertained by a vane. [ANEMOMETER.] IMG:content-0918.png:[blocks in formation] (1) Lit .: That part of a ship's side or bottom which frequently rises above the surface of the water through the rolling of the ve el or by fluctu- ation of the water's surface. Any breach effected by a shot in this part is especially dangerous. (2) Fig .: Any part or point generally where a blow or attack will most effectually injure. 2. Down the wind: *(2) Fig .: Toward ruin, decay, or adversity. "A man that had a great veneration for an image in his house, found that the more he prayed to it to prosper him in the world, the more he went down the wind still."- L'Estrange. 3. How (or which way) the wind blows (or lies ): (1) Lit .: The direction or velocity of the wind. (2) Fig .: The position or state of affairs; how things are going on, or are likely to turn out. "Indications are not wanting to show which way the wind blows."- Field , Oct. 17, 1885. 4. In the wind's eye; In the teeth of the wind: Toward the direct point from which the wind blows; in a direction exactly opposite to that of the wind. IMG:content-0919.png:[blocks in formation] "My son and I will have the wind of you." Shakesp.: Titus Andronicus, iv. 2. 11. To raise the wind : [RAISE, v., 1 (7).] 12. To sail close to the wind: (1) Lit. & Naut .: To sail with the ship's head as near to the wind as to fill the sails without shaking them; to sail as much against the direction of the wind as po ible. 13. To sow the wind and reap the whirlwind: To act wrongly and reckle ly with the result of future punishment for such conduct. ( Hosea viii. 7.) *14. To take wind : To get wind (q. v.). "The design IMG:content-0920.png:[blocks in formation] 2. The part of an orchestra which consists of wind-instruments. wind-barrow, s. [WIND-CARRIAGE.] *wind-beam, s . IMG:content-0921.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0922.png:[blocks in formation] Ford . (Ann andale.) *wind-broken, a . Broken-winded (q. v.). The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-0924.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0925.png:[blocks in formation] "Each to Loch Ranza's margin spring: That blast was winded by the King!" "Th' unchanged and jarring senses, O wind up, Of this child-changed father." Shakesp.: Lear, iv. 7. 1. To turn in this and that direction; to cause to to; to restore to original vigor or order. turn or move in various directions. 2. To turn round on an axis or some fixed object; to form coils or convolutions of round something; to twine, to twist, to wreathe; to roll round; to form into a ball. "To-morrow I must be Pippa who winds silk The whole year round." "I will wind thee in mine arms." Shakesp.: Midsummer Night's Dream, iv. 1. *win-dace, *wyn-dace, s . [WINDLASS.] wind-age (age as Ig), subst . [Eng. wind (1), s.; 1. Ordnance: "He endeavors to wind and turn himself every way to and the diameter of the shot fired therefrom. It evade its force."- Water land . *7. To introduce by insinuation; to worm. "To wind Yourself into a power tyrannical." IMG:content-0926.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Lit. & Ornith .: A windhover (q. v.). 2. Fig .: A person ready to pounce on any person wind round a pole. 5. To advance or make one's way by bendings or windings; to move in a winding course. "At daybreak winding through the wood." Byron: Mazeppa , xii. 6. To have a twisting or uneven surface, or a sur face whose parts do not lie in the same plane, as a piece of wood. IMG:content-0927.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0928.png:[blocks in formation] "No matter though this fleet be lost, Or that lie windbound on the coast." Prior: Mercury and Cupid. *wind-brōaçh, subst . [First element Eng. wind; second probably a corruption of Ger. bratsche =a viola or tenor violin.] A hurdy-gurdy or vielle. "Endeavoring to fumble out a fine sonata upon a wind- broach." -T. Brown: Works , ii. 234. winder (3) A plant that winds or twists itself round others. "Winders and creepers, as ivy and briony."-Bacon: Naturall Historie , § 536. (4) An instrument for winding up a machine worked by springs. "To keep troublesome servants out of the kitchen, leave the winder sticking on the jack."- Swift . Directions to Servants. (5) The winding-step of a staircase. wind-ěr, v. t. [WIND (1), s.] 1. To fan; to clean grain with a fan. (Prov.) *2. To wither, to fade, to fall. "The herb would P. Holland: Plinie, bk. xix., ch. iii. Win-der-mëre, s. [See def.] winder and die." 4521