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Having windows or openings. [R.] "Looped and windowed raggedness." Shak.

Destitute of a window. Carlyle.

See Pane, n., (3) b. [In this sense, written also window pane.]

Having little crossings or openings like the sashes of a window. [R.] Donne.

The passage for the breath from the larynx to the lungs; the trachea; the weasand. See Illust. under Lung.

Sheaves of grain set up in a row, one against another, that the wind may blow between them. [Eng.]

A town in Berkshire, England. Windsor bean. (Bot.) See under Bean. -- Windsor chair, a kind of strong, plain, polished, wooden chair. Simmonds. -- Windsor soap, a scented soap well known for its excellence.

A storm characterized by high wind with little or no rain.

So tight as to prevent the passing through of wind. Bp. Hall.

The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward; -- opposed to Ant: leeward. To lay an anchor to the windward, a figurative expression, signifying to adopt precautionary or anticipatory measures for success or security.

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.

a beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out their juice, and (usually) allowing it to ferment. "Red wine of Gascoigne." Piers Plowman. Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. Prov. xx. 1. Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape Crushed the sweet pois…

olia), in which the petals ripen and afford an abundant purple juice from which a kind of wine is made. The plant also grows in Chili.

One who drinks much wine. Prov. xxiii. 20. -- Wine"bib`bing, n.

A small glass from to drink wine.

As much as a wineglass will hold; enough to fill a wineglass. It is usually reckoned at two fluid ounces, or four tablespoonfuls.

destitute of wine; as, wineless life.

A place where grapes are converted into wine.

A variety of winter apple of medium size, deep red color, and yellowish flesh of a rich, rather subacid flavor.

ied for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings. Deut. xxxii. 11.