Dictionary entry

Wind (6)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Wind (?), v. t. [From Wind, moving air, but confused in sense and in conjugation with wind to turn.] [imp. & p. p.Wound (wound), R.Winded; p. pr. & vb. n.Winding.] To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes. “Hunters who wound their horns.” Pennant.

Ye vigorous swains, while youth ferments your blood,...

Wind the shrill horn. Pope.

That blast was winded by the king. Sir W. Scott.