Wind
(Wind) v. i.
1. To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral
form; as, vines wind round a pole.
So swift your judgments turn and wind.
Dryden. 2. To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among
trees.
And where the valley winded out below,
The murmuring main was heard, and scarcely heard, to flow.
Thomson.
He therefore turned him to the steep and rocky path which . . . winded through the thickets of wild
boxwood and other low aromatic shrubs.
Sir W. Scott. 3. To go to the one side or the other; to move this way and that; to double on one's course; as, a hare
pursued turns and winds.
The lowing herd wind lowly o'er the lea.
Gray.
To wind out, to extricate one's self; to escape.
Long struggling underneath are they could wind
Out of
such prison.
Milton. Wind
(Wind) n. The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.
Wind
(Wind) (wind, in poetry and singing often wind; 277), n. [AS. wind; akin to OS., OFries., D., & G.
wind, OHG. wint, Dan. & Sw. vind, Icel. vindr, Goth winds, W. gwynt, L. ventus, Skr. vata (cf. Gr.
'ah`ths a blast, gale, 'ah^nai to breathe hard, to blow, as the wind); originally a p. pr. from the verb seen
in Skr. va to blow, akin to AS. wawan, D. waaijen, G. wehen, OHG. waen, wajen, Goth. waian.
&radic131. Cf. Air, Ventail, Ventilate, Window, Winnow.]
1. Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air.
Except wind stands as never it stood,
It is an ill wind that turns none to good.
Tusser.
Winds were soft, and woods were green.
Longfellow. 2. Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.
3. Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
Their instruments were various in their kind,
Some for the bow, and some for breathing wind.
Dryden. 4. Power of respiration; breath.
If my wind were but long enough to say my prayers, I would repent.
Shak. 5. Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind.
6. Air impregnated with an odor or scent.
A pack of dogfish had him in the wind.
Swift.
