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/wˈɪndər/ /wˈaɪndər/ Listen

noun

Winder n.

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

An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like.

(Arch.) One in a flight of steps which are curved in plan, so that each tread is broader at one end than at the other; distinguished from flyer.

Winder n. A blow taking away the breath. (Slang)

verb

Winder v. t. & v. i. To fan; to clean grain with a fan. (Prov. Eng.)

Winder v. i. To wither; to fail. (Obs.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Winder" Quotes from Famous Books

... the widow lady. 'Then p'raps you'll give him Mrs MacStinger's respects, and say that the next time he lowers himself and his lodgings by talking out of the winder she'll thank him to come down and open the door too.' Mrs MacStinger spoke loud, and listened for any observations that might be ...

— Dombey and Son • Charles Dickens

... oughter see the Pikes' down-stairs. Theirs is a whole lot worse'n this. You don't know what a lot of nice things there is about this room. Why, we get the sun in that winder there for 'most two hours every day, when it shines. And if you get real near it you can see a whole lot of sky from it. If we could only KEEP the room!—but you see we've got to leave, we're afraid. And that's what's ...

— Pollyanna Grows Up • Eleanor H. Porter

... almost as fast as his teacher. Later they practiced while sitting down, while reclining propped on one elbow, and finally from a prone position, where Pete learned to roll sideways, draw and shoot even as a side-winder of the desert strikes without coiling. Montoya taught him to throw a shot over his shoulder, to "roll" his gun, to pretend to surrender it, and, handing it out butt first, flip it over and shoot the theoretical enemy. He also taught him one trick which, while not considered legitimate by ...

— The Ridin' Kid from Powder River • Henry Herbert Knibbs

... t' Haynes's. Guess th' old man's ailin' ag'in. Winder's haaef-way open in the chamber,—shouldn't wonder 'f he was dead and laid aout. Docterin' a'n't no use, when y' see the winders open like that. Wahl, money a'n't much to speak of to th' old man naow! ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 31, May, 1860 • Various

... why, it shows yer what a headpiece Dempster has, as he can drink a bottle o' brandy at a sittin', an' yit see further through a stone wall when he's done, than other folks 'll see through a glass winder.' Even Mr. Jerome, chief member of the congregation at Salem Chapel, an elderly man of very strict life, was one of Dempster's clients, and had quite an exceptional indulgence for his attorney's foibles, perhaps attributing them to the inevitable incompatibility ...

— Scenes of Clerical Life • George Eliot

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