Whether to wind The woodbine round this arbor.
--Milton.
2. To entwist; to infold; to encircle.
Sleep, and I will wind thee in arms. --Shak.
3. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's
pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to
govern. ``To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus.'' --Shak.
In his terms so he would him wind. --Chaucer.
Gifts blind the wise, and bribes do please And wind
all other witnesses. --Herrick.
Were our legislature vested in the prince, he might
wind and turn our constitution at his pleasure.
--Addison.
4. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
You have contrived . . . to wind Yourself into a
power tyrannical. --Shak.
Little arts and dexterities they have to wind in
such things into discourse. --Gov. of
Tongue.
5. To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to
wind a rope with twine.
{To wind off}, to unwind; to uncoil.
{To wind out}, to extricate. [Obs.] --Clarendon.
{To wind up}.
(a) To coil into a ball or small compass, as a skein of
thread; to coil completely.
(b) To bring to a conclusion or settlement; as, to wind up
one's affairs; to wind up an argument.
(c) To put in a state of renewed or continued motion, as a
clock, a watch, etc., by winding the spring, or that
which carries the weight; hence, to prepare for
continued movement or action; to put in order anew.
``Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years.''
--Dryden. ``Thus they wound up his temper to a
pitch.'' --Atterbury.
(d) To tighten (the strings) of a musical instrument, so
as to tune it. ``Wind up the slackened strings of thy
lute.'' --Waller.
So swift your judgments turn and wind. --Dryden.
2. To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend;
to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees.
And where the valley winded out below, The murmuring
main was heard, and scarcely heard, to flow.
--Thomson.
He therefore turned him to the steep and rocky path
which . . . winded through the thickets of wild
boxwood and other low aromatic shrubs. --Sir W.
Scott.
3. To go to the one side or the other; to move this way and
that; to double on one's course; as, a hare pursued turns
and winds.
The lowing herd wind ?lowly o'er the lea. --Gray.
To wind out, to extricate one's self; to escape.
Long struggling underneath are they could wind Out
of such prison. --Milton.
Except wind stands as never it stood, It is an ill
wind that turns none to good. --Tusser.
Winds were soft, and woods were green. --Longfellow.
2. Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as,
the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.
3. Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or
by an instrument.
Their instruments were various in their kind, Some
for the bow, and some for breathing wind. --Dryden.
4. Power of respiration; breath.
If my wind were but long enough to say my prayers, I
would repent. --Shak.
5. Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence;
as, to be troubled with wind.
6. Air impregnated with an odor or scent.
A pack of dogfish had him in the wind. --Swift.
7. A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the
compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are
often called the four winds.
Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon
these slain. --Ezek.
xxxvii. 9.
Note: This sense seems to have had its origin in the East.
The Hebrews gave to each of the four cardinal points
the name of wind.
8. (Far.) A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are
distended with air, or rather affected with a violent
inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
9. Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
Nor think thou with wind Of airy threats to awe.
--Milton.
10. (Zo["o]l.) The dotterel. [Prov. Eng.]
Note: Wind is often used adjectively, or as the first part of
compound words.
{All in the wind}. (Naut.) See under {All}, n.
{Before the wind}. (Naut.) See under {Before}.
{Between wind and water} (Naut.), in that part of a ship's
side or bottom which is frequently brought above water by
the rolling of the ship, or fluctuation of the water's
surface. Hence, colloquially, (as an injury to that part
of a vessel, in an engagement, is particularly dangerous)
the vulnerable part or point of anything.
{Cardinal winds}. See under {Cardinal}, a.
{Down the wind}.
(a) In the direction of, and moving with, the wind; as,
birds fly swiftly down the wind.
(b) Decaying; declining; in a state of decay. [Obs.] ``He
went down the wind still.'' --L'Estrange.
{In the wind's eye} (Naut.), directly toward the point from
which the wind blows.
{Three sheets in the wind}, unsteady from drink. [Sailors'
Slang]
Ye vigorous swains, while youth ferments your blood, .
. . Wind the shrill horn. --Pope.
That blast was winded by the king. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as,
the hounds winded the game.
3.
(a) To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a
horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of
breath.
(b) To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to
be recovered; to breathe.
{To wind a ship} (Naut.), to turn it end for end, so that the
wind strikes it on the opposite side.
{Out of harm's way}, beyond the danger limit; in a safe
place.
{Out of joint}, not in proper connection or adjustment;
unhinged; disordered. ``The time is out of joint.''
--Shak.
{Out of mind}, not in mind; forgotten; also, beyond the limit
of memory; as, time out of mind.
{Out of one's head}, beyond commanding one's mental powers;
in a wandering state mentally; delirious. [Colloq.]
{Out of one's time}, beyond one's period of minority or
apprenticeship.
{Out of order}, not in proper order; disarranged; in
confusion.
{Out of place}, not in the usual or proper place; hence, not
proper or becoming.
{Out of pocket}, in a condition of having expended or lost
more money than one has received.
{Out of print}, not in market, the edition printed being
exhausted; -- said of books, pamphlets, etc.
{Out of the question}, beyond the limits or range of
consideration; impossible to be favorably considered.
{Out of reach}, beyond one's reach; inaccessible.
{Out of season}, not in a proper season or time; untimely;
inopportune.
{Out of sorts}, wanting certain things; unsatisfied; unwell;
unhappy; cross. See under {Sort}, n.
{Out of temper}, not in good temper; irritated; angry.
{Out of time}, not in proper time; too soon, or too late.
{Out of time}, not in harmony; discordant; hence, not in an
agreeing temper; fretful.
{Out of twist}, {winding}, or {wind}, not in warped
condition; perfectly plain and smooth; -- said of
surfaces.
{Out of use}, not in use; unfashionable; obsolete.
{Out of the way}.
(a) On one side; hard to reach or find; secluded.
(b) Improper; unusual; wrong.
{Out of the woods}, not in a place, or state, of obscurity or
doubt; free from difficulty or perils; safe. [Colloq.]
{Out to out}, from one extreme limit to another, including
the whole length, breadth, or thickness; -- applied to
measurements.
{Out West}, in or towards, the West; specifically, in some
Western State or Territory. [U. S.]
{To come out}, {To cut out}, {To fall out}, etc. See under
{Come}, {Cut}, {Fall}, etc.
{To put out of the way}, to kill; to destroy.
{Week in, week out}. See {Day in, day out} (above).