windsor soap

A kind of fine-scented soap, formerly manufactured chiefly at Windsor, England. wind-storm, s. A storm characterized by violent wind, with little or no rain. wind-ward, adv., a. & s. [English wind (1), s.; -ward.] A. As adv.: Toward or in the direction of the wind. B. As adj .: Being on the side toward the point from which the wind blows. C. As subst .: The point or direction from which the wind blows. * To lay an anchor to the windward: A figur ative expre ion meaning to adopt early measures for succe or security. *wind-wards, adv . & s. [Eng. windward, with adverb. suff.-s.] A. As adv.: Windward. B. As subst.: The windward. "We weyed and turned to the windwards . " - Hackluyt : Voyages, i. 276. and weed.]