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ause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball. Whether to wind The woodbine round this arbor. Milton.

In general, any signal announcing information concerning winds, and esp. the expected approach of winds whose direction and force are dangerous to shipping, etc. The wind-signal system of the United States Weather Bureau consists of storm, information, hurricane, hot wind, and inland storm signals.

To break the wind of; to cause to lose breath; to exhaust. [R.] 'T would wind-break a mule to vie burdens with her. Ford.

Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of air cells of the lungs, so that while the inspiration is by one effort, the expiration is by two; affected with pulmonary emphysema or with heaves; -- said of a horse. Youatt.

Anemophilous; fertilized by pollen borne by the wind.

A windflower.

Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide; -- said of a vessel lying at anchor, with wind and tide opposed to each other. Totten.

Shaken by the wind; specif. (Forestry),

The kestrel. B. Jonson.

A vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the swallowing of air; -- usually associated with crib-biting, or cribbing. See Cribbing, 4.

Act of winding up, or closing; a concluding act or part; the end.

The difference between the diameter of the bore of a gun and that of the shot fired from it.

See 3d Windlass. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The lower, or bottom, pipe in a lift of pumps in a mine. Ansted.

prevented from sailing, by a contrary wind. See Weatherbound.

One who, or that which, winds; hence, a creeping or winding plant.

Anything blown down or off by the wind, as fruit from a tree, or the tree itself, or a portion of a forest prostrated by a violent wind, etc. "They became a windfall upon the sudden." Bacon.

Blown down by the wind.

The anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing. See Anemone.

A soft tumor or synovial swelling on the fetlock joint of a horse; -- so called from having formerly been supposed to contain air.