The goodliest trees in the garden are soonest blasted with red winds

Abp. Sandys, Sermons, p. 103. ( Davies.) Robin Hood wind, a wind in which the air is saturated with moisture at a temperature near the freezing-point, the moisture rendering it especially raw and penetrating; a thaw-wind. Running of the wind. See running. Second wind, a regular state of respiration attained during continued exertion after the breathle ne which had arisen at an earlier stage. - Slant of wind. See slant.- Soldier's wind. See soldier.- Thaw-wind, a wind prevailing during a thaw: in general, since it be comes saturated with moisture at a temperature only a little above freezing, it is peculiarly raw and penetrating. To beat the wind. See beat . To break wind, carry the wind, eat up into the wind, gain the wind. See the verbs. To get one's wind, to recover one's breath: as, they will up and at it again when they get their wind. [Colloq.] -To get the wind of, to get on the windward side of. All the three Bisk a in ers made toward our ship, which was not carele e to get the winde of them all. Hakluyt's Voyages , III. 198. To get (take) wind, to get wind of. See getl.- Το haul the wind. See haul . To have a free wind. See free. To have in the wind, to be on the scent or trail of; perceive and follow. A hare had long escap'd pursuing hounds.... To save his life, he leap'd into the main, But there, alas! he could no safety find, A pack of dog-fish had him in the wind. Swift . To have the wind of. Same as to have in the wind. My son and I will have the wind of you. Shak ., Tit. And., iv. 2. 133. To keep the wind. See keep . - Too near the wind, mean; stingy; cheese-paring. [Naut. slang.] - To raise the wind. See raise 1. - To recover the wind of. See