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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 window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting outward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal, or semicircular form; -- often corruptly called a bow window.

The heaves.

Having short breath or disordered respiration, as a horse.

A window pierced in a roof, and so set as to be vertical while the roof slopes away from it. Also, the gablet, or houselike structure, in which it is contained.

With the wind.

A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps. Beau. & Fl.

A method of armature winding in which the wire is wound upon the outer surface of a cylinder or drum from end to end of the cylinder; -- distinguished from ring winding, etc.

nsume away; to become degenerate; to fall away. Weary sennights nine times nine Shall he dwindle, peak and pine. Shak. Religious societies, though begun with excellent intentions, are said to have dwindled into factious clubs. Swift.

The act or process of dwindling; a dwindling. [R.] Mrs. Oliphant.

To wind about; to encircle. In the circle of his arms Enwound us both. Tennyson.

A wind attending or presaged by the cloud called helm. [Prov. Eng.]

A whirlwind. [Obs.] Sandys.

Long-breathed; hence, tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; as, a long-winded talker. -- Long"-wind"ed*ness, n. A tedious, long-winded harangue. South.

To extricate by winding; to unloose. [R.] Spenser. Dr. H. More.

To wind too tightly, as a spring, or too far, as a hoisting rope on a drum.

Armature winding in which the wire is wound round the outer and inner surfaces alternately of an annular or cylindrical core.