Word Meanings - WOOLDING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of winding or wrapping anything with a rope, as a mast. A rope used for binding masts and spars.

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• WINDFLOWER
  The anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing. See Anemone.
• WIND-RODE
  Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide; -- said of a vessel lying at anchor, with wind and tide opposed to each other. Totten.
• WINDINGLY
  In a winding manner.
• WINDTIGHT
  So tight as to prevent the passing through of wind. Bp. Hall.
• WINDLACE
  See SCOTT
• WIND-SHAKEN
  Shaken by the wind; specif. ,
• WINDBORE
  The lower, or bottom, pipe in a lift of pumps in a mine. Ansted.
• WRAPPAGE
  1. The act of wrapping. 2. That which wraps; envelope; covering.
• SPARSELY
  In a scattered or sparse manner.
• WRAPPER
  1. One who, or that which, wraps. 2. That in which anything is wrapped, or inclosed; envelope; covering. 3. Specifically, a loose outer garment; an article of dress intended to be wrapped round the person; as, a morning wrapper; a gentleman's
• WIND-SUCKER
  The kestrel. B. Jonson. (more info) 1. A horse given to wind-sucking Law.
• BINDING POST
  A metallic post attached to electrical apparatus for convenience in making connections.
• BINDING
  That binds; obligatory. Binding beam , the main timber in double flooring. -- Binding joist , the secondary timber in double-framed flooring. Syn. -- Obligatory; restraining; restrictive; stringent; astringent; costive; styptic.
• ANYTHINGARIAN
  One who holds to no particular creed or dogma.
• WINDBOUND
  prevented from sailing, by a contrary wind. See Weatherbound.
• WINDINESS
  1. The quality or state of being windy or tempestuous; as, the windiness of the weather or the season. 2. Fullness of wind; flatulence. 3. Tendency to generate wind or gas; tendency to produce flatulence; as, the windiness of vegetables. 4. Tumor;
• BINDING SCREW
  A set screw used to bind parts together, esp. one for making a connection in an electrical circuit.
• SPARSIM
  Sparsely; scatteredly; here and there.
• WINDSOR
  A town in Berkshire, England. Windsor bean. See under Bean. -- Windsor chair, a kind of strong, plain, polished, wooden chair. Simmonds. -- Windsor soap, a scented soap well known for its excellence.
• WINDING
  A call by the boatswain's whistle.
• SUBINDIVIDUAL
  A division of that which is individual. An individual can not branch itself into subindividuals. Milton.
• BROKEN WIND
  The heaves.
• THICK WIND
  A defect of respiration in a horse, that is unassociated with noise in breathing or with the signs of emphysema.
• WHIRLWIND
  1. A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive motion. The swift dark whirlwind that uproots
• BIND
  bunden; akin to D. & G. binden, Dan. binde, Sw. & Icel. binda, Goth. bindan, Skr. bandh to bind, cf. Gr. cable, and L. 1. To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to
• UP-WIND
  Against the wind.
• SPELLBIND
  To bind or hold by, or as if by, a spell or charm; to fascinate, esp. by eloquence of speech, as in a political campaign. - - Spell"bind`er , n.
• THICK-WINDED
  Affected with thick wind.
• DRUM WINDING
  A method of armature winding in which the wire is wound upon the outer surface of a cylinder or drum from end to end of the cylinder; -- distinguished from ring winding, etc.
• DORMER; DORMER WINDOW
  A window pierced in a roof, and so set as to be vertical while the roof slopes away from it. Also, the gablet, or houselike structure, in which it is contained.
• DWINDLEMENT
  The act or process of dwindling; a dwindling. Mrs. Oliphant.