WINDY

a.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
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Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind. "The windy hill." M. Arnold. Blown with the windy tempest of my heart. Shak.

2.
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Next the wind; windward. It keeps on the windy side of care. Shak.

3.
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Tempestuous; boisterous; as, windy weather.

4.
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Serving to occasion wind or gas in the intestines; flatulent; as, windy food.

5.
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Attended or caused by wind, or gas, in the intestines. "A windy colic." Arbuthnot.

6.
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Fig.: Empty; airy. "Windy joy." Milton. Here's that windy applause, that poor, transitory pleasure, for which I was dishonored. South.

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