Webster's Dictionary 1913

1999

Windlass (4)

Wind″lass, v. t. & i. To raise with, or as with, a windlass; to use a windlass. The Century.

2000

Windle

Win″dle (?), n. [From Wind to turn.]1. A spindle; a kind of reel; a winch.2. (Zoöl.) The redwing.

2001

Windless

Wind″less (?), a. 1. Having no wind; calm.2. Wanting wind; out of breath.

2002

Windlestrae

{ Win″dle‐strae′ (?), Win″dle‐straw′ (?) }, n.(Bot.) A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, esp. Agrostis Spica-ventis. Shelley.

2003

Windmill

Wind″mill′ (?), n. A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a horizontal shaft. Chaucer.

2004

Windore

Win″dore (?), n. [A corrupt. of window; or perh. coined on the wrong assumption that window is from wind + door.] A window. Hudibras.

2005

Window

Win″dow (?), n. [OE. windowe, windoge, Icel. vindauga window, properly, wind eye; akin to Dan. vindue. ����. See Wind, n., and Eye.]1. An opening in the wall of a building for t...

2006

Window (2)

Win″dow (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Windowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Windowing.]1. To furnish with windows.2. To place at or in a window.Wouldst thou be windowed in great Rome and seeTh...

2007

Windowed

Win″dowed (?), a. Having windows or openings. “Looped and windowed raggedness.” Shak.

2008

Windowless

Win″dow‐less, a. Destitute of a window. Carlyle.

2009

Windowpane

Win″dow‐pane′ (?), n. 1. (Arch.) See Pane, n., (3) b. [In this sense, written also window pane.]2. (Zoöl.) A thin, spotted American turbot (Pleuronectes maculatus) remarkable fo...

2010

Windowy

Win″dow‐y (?), a. Having little crossings or openings like the sashes of a window. Donne.

2011

Windpipe

Wind″pipe′ (?), n.(Anat.) The passage for the breath from the larynx to the lungs; the trachea; the weasand. See Illust. under Lung.

2012

Windrow

Wind″row′ (?), n. [Wind + row.]1. A row or line of hay raked together for the purpose of being rolled into cocks or heaps.2. Sheaves of grain set up in a row, one against anothe...

2013

Windrow (2)

Wind″row, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Windrowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Windrowing.] To arrange in lines or windrows, as hay when newly made. Forby.

2014

Windsor

Wind″sor (?), n. 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 ...

2015

Windstorm

Wind″storm (?), n. A storm characterized by high wind with little or no rain.

2016

Windtight

Wind″tight′ (?), a. So tight as to prevent the passing through of wind. Bp. Hall.

2017

Windward

Wind″ward (?), n. The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward; — opposed to leeward.To lay an anchor to the windward, a figurative expression, signif...

2018

Windward (2)

Wind″ward, a. Situated toward the point from which the wind blows; as, the Windward Islands.

2019

Windward (3)

Wind″ward, adv. Toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows.

2020

Windy

Wind″y (?), a. [Compar.Windier (?); superl.Windiest.] [AS. windig.]1. Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind. “The windy hill.” M. Arnold.Blow...

2021

Wine

Wine (?), n. [OE. win, AS. win, fr. L. vinum (cf. Icel. vīn; all from the Latin); akin to Gr. οἰ̑νοσ, �, and E. withy. Cf. Vine, Vineyard, Vinous, Withy.]1. The expressed juice ...

2022

Wineberry

Wine″ber′ry (?), n.(Bot.) (a) The red currant. (b) The bilberry. (c) A peculiar New Zealand shrub (Coriaria ruscifolia), in which the petals ripen and afford an abundant purple ...

2023

Winebibber

Wine″bib′ber (?), n. One who drinks much wine. Prov. xxiii. 20. — Wine″bib′bing (#), n.

2024

Wineglass

Wine″glass′ (?), n. A small glass from to drink wine.

2025

Wineglassful

Wine″glass′ful (?);, n. pl. Wineglassfuls (�). As much as a wineglass will hold; enough to fill a wineglass. It is usually reckoned at two fluid ounces, or four tablespoonfuls.