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To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a ball of yarn.

To untwist, uncoil, or untwine, as anything wreathed.

A vessel for water for washing the hands; also, one to hold wine or water.

A measure of capacity for liquids, containing about three gallons and a haft, wine measure. It was haft the amphora, and four times the congius.

The burning of wine.

k from the Semitic. Etymologically v is most nearly related to u, w, f, b, p; as in vine, wine; avoirdupois, habit, have; safe, save; trover, troubadour, trope. See U, F, etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, § 265; also §§ 155, 169, 178-179, etc.

That which is vapid, insipid, or lifeless; especially, the lifeless part of liquor or wine. [Obs.] In vain it is to wash a goblet, if you mean to put it nothing but the dead lees and vap of wine. Jer. Taylor.

A liqueur made of white wine, absinthe, and various aromatic drugs, used to excite the appetite. [Written also vermouth.]

A kind of sweet wine from Italy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A dry white wine, of a tart flavor, produced in Teneriffe; -- called also Teneriffe.

A cheap claret, used as a table wine in France.

Belonging to, or like, wine or grapes.

nd obtained by the spontaneous (acetous) fermentation, or by the artificial oxidation, of wine, cider, beer, or the like.

Of or pertaining to wine; as, vinic alcohol.

The cultivation of the vine, esp. for making wine; viticulture.

Given to wine; drunken; intemperate. [Obs.] Chaucer.

An instrument for determining the strength or purity of wine by measuring its density.

Of or pertaining to wine; having the qualities of wine; as, a vinous taste.

The produce of the vine for one season, in grapes or in wine; as, the vintage is abundant; the vintage of 1840.

One who deals in wine; a wine seller, or wine merchant.