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A dark red crystalline substance, isomeric with and resembling indigo blue, and obtained from isatide and dioxindol.

That binds; obligatory. Binding beam (Arch.), the main timber in double flooring. -- Binding joist (Arch.), the secondary timber in double-framed flooring.

A metallic post attached to electrical apparatus for convenience in making connections.

A set screw used to bind parts together, esp. one for making a connection in an electrical circuit.

So as to bind.

The condition or property of being binding; obligatory quality. Coleridge.

Making blind or as if blind; depriving of sight or of understanding; obscuring; as, blinding tears; blinding snow.

The art, process, or business of binding books.

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.

The act of finding fault or blaming; -- used derogatively. Also Adj.

en a man hath been laboring . . . in the deep mines of knowledge, hath furnished out his findings in all their equipage. Milton.

from Grind. Grinding frame, an English name for a cotton spinning machine. -- Grinding mill. (a) A mill for grinding grain. (b) A lapidary's lathe.

In a grinding manner. [Colloq.]

Regard; mindfulness.

A yellow dyestuff extracted from the root bark of an East Indian plant (Morinda citrifolia).

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

A winding in which the armature coil and the field-magnet coil are in series with the external circuits; -- opposed to shunt winding. --Se"ries-wound`, a.

A winding so arranged as to divide the armature current and lead a portion of it around the field-magnet coils; -- opposed to series winding. --Shunt"-wound` (#), a.

Wound by mechanism connected with the stem; as, a stem-winding watch.

The quality or state of being windy or tempestuous; as, the windiness of the weather or the season.