Wind (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wound (wound) (rarely Winded); p. pr. & vb. n. Winding.] [OE. winden, AS. windan; akin to OS. windan, D. & G. winden, OHG. wintan, Icel. & Sw. vinda, Dan. vinde, Goth. windan (in comp.). Cf. Wander, Wend.]
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1. To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, “to wind thread on a spool or into a ball”.
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Whether to wind
The woodbine round this arbor. Milton.
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2. To entwist; to infold; to encircle.
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Sleep, and I will wind thee in arms. Shak.
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3. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern. “To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus.” Shak.
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In his terms so he would him wind. Chaucer.
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Gifts blind the wise, and bribes do please
And wind all other witnesses. Herrick.
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Were our legislature vested in the prince, he might wind and turn our constitution at his pleasure. Addison.
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4. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
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You have contrived . . . to wind
Yourself into a power tyrannical. Shak.
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Little arts and dexterities they have to wind in such things into discourse. Gov. of Tongue.
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5. To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, “to wind a rope with twine”.
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To wind off, to unwind; to uncoil. -- To wind out, to extricate. [Obs.] Clarendon. -- To wind up. (a) To coil into a ball or small compass, as a skein of thread; to coil completely. (b) To bring to a conclusion or settlement; as, “to wind up one's affairs; to wind up an argument”. (c) To put in a state of renewed or continued motion, as a clock, a watch, etc., by winding the spring, or that which carries the weight; hence, to prepare for continued movement or action; to put in order anew. “Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years.” Dryden. “Thus they wound up his temper to a pitch.” Atterbury. (d) To tighten (the strings) of a musical instrument, so as to tune it. “Wind up the slackened strings of thy lute.” Waller.
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Wind (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Winded; p. pr. & vb. n. Winding.]
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1. To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
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2. To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, “the hounds winded the game”.
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3. (a) To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath. (b) To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
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To wind a ship (Naut.), to turn it end for end, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
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