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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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Etymology of 'Winder'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Winder" Quotes from Famous Books

... Clementina," she said. "Because if you're satisfied, I am, and I presume we sha'n't want to change as long as we stay in Florence. My, but it's sightly! "She joined Clementina a moment at the windows looking upon the Arno, and the hills beyond it. "I guess you'll spend most of your time settin' at this winder, and ...

— Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells

... of a man with a real leg. It makes the most efficient potato-masher you ever saw. Work it from the second joint and let the knee swing loose; you kin tack carpets perfectly splendid with the heel; and when a cat sees it coming at him from the winder, he just adjourns sine die and goes down off the fence screaming. Now, you're probably afeard of dogs. When you see one approaching, you always change your base. I don't blame you; I used to be that way before I lost my home-made leg. But you fix yourself with this artificial ...

— Elbow-Room - A Novel Without a Plot • Charles Heber Clark (AKA Max Adeler)

... oldes'—is sit on de winder An' kip jus' so quiet lak wan leetle mouse, She say de more finer moon never was shiner— Very fonny, for moon isn't dat side ...

— The Habitant and Other French-Canadian Poems • William Henry Drummond

... anything with me," Jerry chattered, in a simian frenzy. "You've got a bad reputation at home; you're a malo hombre—a side-winder, you are, and your bite is certain death. That's what they say. Well, ever see a Mexican hog eat a rattler? ...

— The Winds of Chance • Rex Beach

... ... alone through life; one apparently too obscure to leave a trace of his or her passage, yet exercising a lasting though unconscious influence at every step of it; and the image shaped itself into the little silk-winder ...

— Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning • Robert Browning

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