Winder
[waindә]
Definition
(noun.) mechanical device around which something can be wound.
(noun.) mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock).
(noun.) a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism).
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Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, winds; hence, a creeping or winding plant.
(n.) An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like.
(n.) One in a flight of steps which are curved in plan, so that each tread is broader at one end than at the other; -- distinguished from flyer.
(v. t. & i.) To fan; to clean grain with a fan.
(n.) A blow taking away the breath.
(v. i.) To wither; to fail.
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Examples
- Was it quite safe when the winder shook? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Rather specks I am, said Sam; did yer see Missis up stars at the winder? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It was a run indeed now, and what Joe called, in the only two words he spoke all the time, a Winder. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Put your head out of the winder,' replied Sikes. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I'd pitch him out o' winder, only he couldn't fall far enough, 'cause o' the leads outside. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- You see, the path ain't over light or cheerful arter dark; and when I'm here at the hour as she's a comin' home, I puts the light in the winder. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- You can see the winder from this corner. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- No fellows, or I'll throw you out of winder! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Every winder in church rattled as if 'twere a thunderstorm. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- More than that: thith ith a prethiouth rathcal, and belongth to that bluthtering Cove that my people nearly pitht out o' winder. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Pancks is only the Works; but here's the Winder! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Take care wot you're a-doin' on, sir; you're a-sendin' a blaze o' light, right into the back parlour winder. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Among them piles of bones, and close to that there kitchin winder! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Grand shop-winders, trumpets, and drums; and here be we out of doors in all winds and weathers-- But you mistake me, pleaded Clym. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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