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The act of rolling anything upon itself, or one thing upon another; a winding motion. O'er the calm sea, in convolution swift, The feathered eddy floats. Thomson.

To press forward in a winding way; as, to corksrew one's way through a crowd. [Colloq.] Dickens.

Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage. So many turning cranks these have, so many crooks. Spenser.

Any turn or winding. The passages of alleys, creeks, and narrow lands. Shak.

Containing, or abounding in, creeks; characterized by creeks; like a creek; winding. "The creeky shore." Spenser.

A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity. The crinkles in this glass, making objects appear double. A. Tucker.

Curled with the ripple of the water. [Poetic] You numphs called Naiads, of the winding brooks . . . Leave jour crisp channels. Shak.

A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form. Under a coronet, his flowing hair In curls on either cheek played. Milton.

he terms of much debenture stock the holders are not entitled to demand payment until the winding up of the company or default in payment; in the winding up of the company or default in payment; in the case of railway debentures, they cannot demand payment of the principal, and the debtor company cannot redeem the stoc…

Out of a straight line; winding; varying from directness; as, a devious path or way.

To roll onward or downward; to pass on. Every headlong stream Devolves its winding waters to the main. Akenside. Devolved his rounded periods. Tennyson.

A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice. Dryden.

A long, winding constellation extending southward from Taurus and containing the bright star Achernar.

A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping. "A winding excavation." Glover.

One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

Having turns, windings, or flexures.

ion controlled by a fly wheel, the driving power being applied by the hand through a cord winding in reverse directions upon the spindle as it rotates backward and forward. Knight. -- Fly fishing, the act or art of angling with a bait of natural or artificial flies. Walton. -- Fly flap, an implement for killing flies…

To protect (the part of a line next a fishhook, or the hook itself) by winding it with wire.

Winding; twisted; warped; -- applied to curves and surfaces.

Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course.