English Dictionary: Windkrafttrmen | by the DICT Development Group |
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Wantage \Want"age\, n. That which is wanting; deficiency. | |
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Wendic \Wend"ic\, Wendish \Wend"ish\, a. Of or pertaining the Wends, or their language. | |
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Wendic \Wend"ic\, n. The language of the Wends. | |
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Wendic \Wend"ic\, Wendish \Wend"ish\, a. Of or pertaining the Wends, or their language. | |
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Wends \Wends\, n. pl.; sing. {Wend}. (Ethnol.) A Slavic tribe which once occupied the northern and eastern parts of Germany, of which a small remnant exists. | |
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{To be in the wind}, to be suggested or expected; to be a matter of suspicion or surmise. [Colloq.] {To carry the wind} (Man.), to toss the nose as high as the ears, as a horse. {To raise the wind}, to procure money. [Colloq.] {To} {take, [or] have}, {the wind}, to gain or have the advantage. --Bacon. {To take the wind out of one's sails}, to cause one to stop, or lose way, as when a vessel intercepts the wind of another. [Colloq.] {To take wind}, or {To get wind}, to be divulged; to become public; as, the story got wind, or took wind. {Wind band} (Mus.), a band of wind instruments; a military band; the wind instruments of an orchestra. {Wind chest} (Mus.), a chest or reservoir of wind in an organ. {Wind dropsy}. (Med.) (a) Tympanites. (b) Emphysema of the subcutaneous areolar tissue. {Wind egg}, an imperfect, unimpregnated, or addled egg. {Wind furnace}. See the Note under {Furnace}. {Wind gauge}. See under {Gauge}. {Wind gun}. Same as {Air gun}. {Wind hatch} (Mining), the opening or place where the ore is taken out of the earth. {Wind instrument} (Mus.), an instrument of music sounded by means of wind, especially by means of the breath, as a flute, a clarinet, etc. {Wind pump}, a pump moved by a windmill. {Wind rose}, a table of the points of the compass, giving the states of the barometer, etc., connected with winds from the different directions. {Wind sail}. (a) (Naut.) A wide tube or funnel of canvas, used to convey a stream of air for ventilation into the lower compartments of a vessel. (b) The sail or vane of a windmill. {Wind shake}, a crack or incoherence in timber produced by violent winds while the timber was growing. {Wind shock}, a wind shake. {Wind side}, the side next the wind; the windward side. [R.] --Mrs. Browning. {Wind rush} (Zo[94]l.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.] {Wind wheel}, a motor consisting of a wheel moved by wind. {Wood wind} (Mus.), the flutes and reed instruments of an orchestra, collectively. | |
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Colic \Col"ic\, n. [F. colique, fr. L. colicus sick with the colic, GR. [?], fr. [?], [?], the colon. The disease is so named from its being seated in or near the colon. See {Colon}.] (Med.) A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm, obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera. {Hepatic colic}, the severe pain produced by the passage of a gallstone from the liver or gall bladder through the bile duct. {Intestinal colic}, [or] {Ordinary colic}, pain due to distention of the intestines by gas. {Lead colic}, {Painter's colic}, a violent form of intestinal colic, associated with obstinate constipation, produced by chronic lead poisoning. {Renal colic}, the severe pain produced by the passage of a calculus from the kidney through the ureter. {Wind colic}. See {Intestinal colic}, above. | |
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{To be in the wind}, to be suggested or expected; to be a matter of suspicion or surmise. [Colloq.] {To carry the wind} (Man.), to toss the nose as high as the ears, as a horse. {To raise the wind}, to procure money. [Colloq.] {To} {take, [or] have}, {the wind}, to gain or have the advantage. --Bacon. {To take the wind out of one's sails}, to cause one to stop, or lose way, as when a vessel intercepts the wind of another. [Colloq.] {To take wind}, or {To get wind}, to be divulged; to become public; as, the story got wind, or took wind. {Wind band} (Mus.), a band of wind instruments; a military band; the wind instruments of an orchestra. {Wind chest} (Mus.), a chest or reservoir of wind in an organ. {Wind dropsy}. (Med.) (a) Tympanites. (b) Emphysema of the subcutaneous areolar tissue. {Wind egg}, an imperfect, unimpregnated, or addled egg. {Wind furnace}. See the Note under {Furnace}. {Wind gauge}. See under {Gauge}. {Wind gun}. Same as {Air gun}. {Wind hatch} (Mining), the opening or place where the ore is taken out of the earth. {Wind instrument} (Mus.), an instrument of music sounded by means of wind, especially by means of the breath, as a flute, a clarinet, etc. {Wind pump}, a pump moved by a windmill. {Wind rose}, a table of the points of the compass, giving the states of the barometer, etc., connected with winds from the different directions. {Wind sail}. (a) (Naut.) A wide tube or funnel of canvas, used to convey a stream of air for ventilation into the lower compartments of a vessel. (b) The sail or vane of a windmill. {Wind shake}, a crack or incoherence in timber produced by violent winds while the timber was growing. {Wind shock}, a wind shake. {Wind side}, the side next the wind; the windward side. [R.] --Mrs. Browning. {Wind rush} (Zo[94]l.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.] {Wind wheel}, a motor consisting of a wheel moved by wind. {Wood wind} (Mus.), the flutes and reed instruments of an orchestra, collectively. | |
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{To be in the wind}, to be suggested or expected; to be a matter of suspicion or surmise. [Colloq.] {To carry the wind} (Man.), to toss the nose as high as the ears, as a horse. {To raise the wind}, to procure money. [Colloq.] {To} {take, [or] have}, {the wind}, to gain or have the advantage. --Bacon. {To take the wind out of one's sails}, to cause one to stop, or lose way, as when a vessel intercepts the wind of another. [Colloq.] {To take wind}, or {To get wind}, to be divulged; to become public; as, the story got wind, or took wind. {Wind band} (Mus.), a band of wind instruments; a military band; the wind instruments of an orchestra. {Wind chest} (Mus.), a chest or reservoir of wind in an organ. {Wind dropsy}. (Med.) (a) Tympanites. (b) Emphysema of the subcutaneous areolar tissue. {Wind egg}, an imperfect, unimpregnated, or addled egg. {Wind furnace}. See the Note under {Furnace}. {Wind gauge}. See under {Gauge}. {Wind gun}. Same as {Air gun}. {Wind hatch} (Mining), the opening or place where the ore is taken out of the earth. {Wind instrument} (Mus.), an instrument of music sounded by means of wind, especially by means of the breath, as a flute, a clarinet, etc. {Wind pump}, a pump moved by a windmill. {Wind rose}, a table of the points of the compass, giving the states of the barometer, etc., connected with winds from the different directions. {Wind sail}. (a) (Naut.) A wide tube or funnel of canvas, used to convey a stream of air for ventilation into the lower compartments of a vessel. (b) The sail or vane of a windmill. {Wind shake}, a crack or incoherence in timber produced by violent winds while the timber was growing. {Wind shock}, a wind shake. {Wind side}, the side next the wind; the windward side. [R.] --Mrs. Browning. {Wind rush} (Zo[94]l.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.] {Wind wheel}, a motor consisting of a wheel moved by wind. {Wood wind} (Mus.), the flutes and reed instruments of an orchestra, collectively. | |
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Gauge \Gauge\, n. [Written also gage.] 1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard. This plate must be a gauge to file your worm and groove to equal breadth by. --Moxon. There is not in our hands any fixed gauge of minds. --I. Taylor. 2. Measure; dimensions; estimate. The gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt. --Burke. 3. (Mach. & Manuf.) Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge. 4. (Physics) Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment; -- usually applied to some particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge. 5. (Naut.) (a) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it. (b) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water. --Totten. 6. The distance between the rails of a railway. Note: The standard gauge of railroads in most countries is four feet, eight and one half inches. Wide, or broad, gauge, in the United States, is six feet; in England, seven feet, and generally any gauge exceeding standard gauge. Any gauge less than standard gauge is now called narrow gauge. It varies from two feet to three feet six inches. 7. (Plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting. 8. (Building) That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles. {Gauge of a carriage}, {car}, etc., the distance between the wheels; -- ordinarily called the {track}. {Gauge cock}, a stop cock used as a try cock for ascertaining the height of the water level in a steam boiler. {Gauge concussion} (Railroads), the jar caused by a car-wheel flange striking the edge of the rail. {Gauge glass}, a glass tube for a water gauge. {Gauge lathe}, an automatic lathe for turning a round object having an irregular profile, as a baluster or chair round, to a templet or gauge. {Gauge point}, the diameter of a cylinder whose altitude is one inch, and contents equal to that of a unit of a given measure; -- a term used in gauging casks, etc. {Gauge rod}, a graduated rod, for measuring the capacity of barrels, casks, etc. {Gauge saw}, a handsaw, with a gauge to regulate the depth of cut. --Knight. {Gauge stuff}, a stiff and compact plaster, used in making cornices, moldings, etc., by means of a templet. {Gauge wheel}, a wheel at the forward end of a plow beam, to determine the depth of the furrow. {Joiner's gauge}, an instrument used to strike a line parallel to the straight side of a board, etc. {Printer's gauge}, an instrument to regulate the length of the page. {Rain gauge}, an instrument for measuring the quantity of rain at any given place. {Salt gauge}, or {Brine gauge}, an instrument or contrivance for indicating the degree of saltness of water from its specific gravity, as in the boilers of ocean steamers. {Sea gauge}, an instrument for finding the depth of the sea. {Siphon gauge}, a glass siphon tube, partly filled with mercury, -- used to indicate pressure, as of steam, or the degree of rarefaction produced in the receiver of an air pump or other vacuum; a manometer. {Sliding gauge}. (Mach.) (a) A templet or pattern for gauging the commonly accepted dimensions or shape of certain parts in general use, as screws, railway-car axles, etc. (b) A gauge used only for testing other similar gauges, and preserved as a reference, to detect wear of the working gauges. (c) (Railroads) See Note under {Gauge}, n., 5. {Star gauge} (Ordnance), an instrument for measuring the diameter of the bore of a cannon at any point of its length. {Steam gauge}, an instrument for measuring the pressure of steam, as in a boiler. {Tide gauge}, an instrument for determining the height of the tides. {Vacuum gauge}, a species of barometer for determining the relative elasticities of the vapor in the condenser of a steam engine and the air. {Water gauge}. (a) A contrivance for indicating the height of a water surface, as in a steam boiler; as by a gauge cock or glass. (b) The height of the water in the boiler. {Wind gauge}, an instrument for measuring the force of the wind on any given surface; an anemometer. {Wire gauge}, a gauge for determining the diameter of wire or the thickness of sheet metal; also, a standard of size. See under {Wire}. | |
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{To be in the wind}, to be suggested or expected; to be a matter of suspicion or surmise. [Colloq.] {To carry the wind} (Man.), to toss the nose as high as the ears, as a horse. {To raise the wind}, to procure money. [Colloq.] {To} {take, [or] have}, {the wind}, to gain or have the advantage. --Bacon. {To take the wind out of one's sails}, to cause one to stop, or lose way, as when a vessel intercepts the wind of another. [Colloq.] {To take wind}, or {To get wind}, to be divulged; to become public; as, the story got wind, or took wind. {Wind band} (Mus.), a band of wind instruments; a military band; the wind instruments of an orchestra. {Wind chest} (Mus.), a chest or reservoir of wind in an organ. {Wind dropsy}. (Med.) (a) Tympanites. (b) Emphysema of the subcutaneous areolar tissue. {Wind egg}, an imperfect, unimpregnated, or addled egg. {Wind furnace}. See the Note under {Furnace}. {Wind gauge}. See under {Gauge}. {Wind gun}. Same as {Air gun}. {Wind hatch} (Mining), the opening or place where the ore is taken out of the earth. {Wind instrument} (Mus.), an instrument of music sounded by means of wind, especially by means of the breath, as a flute, a clarinet, etc. {Wind pump}, a pump moved by a windmill. {Wind rose}, a table of the points of the compass, giving the states of the barometer, etc., connected with winds from the different directions. {Wind sail}. (a) (Naut.) A wide tube or funnel of canvas, used to convey a stream of air for ventilation into the lower compartments of a vessel. (b) The sail or vane of a windmill. {Wind shake}, a crack or incoherence in timber produced by violent winds while the timber was growing. {Wind shock}, a wind shake. {Wind side}, the side next the wind; the windward side. [R.] --Mrs. Browning. {Wind rush} (Zo[94]l.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.] {Wind wheel}, a motor consisting of a wheel moved by wind. {Wood wind} (Mus.), the flutes and reed instruments of an orchestra, collectively. | |
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{To be in the wind}, to be suggested or expected; to be a matter of suspicion or surmise. [Colloq.] {To carry the wind} (Man.), to toss the nose as high as the ears, as a horse. {To raise the wind}, to procure money. [Colloq.] {To} {take, [or] have}, {the wind}, to gain or have the advantage. --Bacon. {To take the wind out of one's sails}, to cause one to stop, or lose way, as when a vessel intercepts the wind of another. [Colloq.] {To take wind}, or {To get wind}, to be divulged; to become public; as, the story got wind, or took wind. {Wind band} (Mus.), a band of wind instruments; a military band; the wind instruments of an orchestra. {Wind chest} (Mus.), a chest or reservoir of wind in an organ. {Wind dropsy}. (Med.) (a) Tympanites. (b) Emphysema of the subcutaneous areolar tissue. {Wind egg}, an imperfect, unimpregnated, or addled egg. {Wind furnace}. See the Note under {Furnace}. {Wind gauge}. See under {Gauge}. {Wind gun}. Same as {Air gun}. {Wind hatch} (Mining), the opening or place where the ore is taken out of the earth. {Wind instrument} (Mus.), an instrument of music sounded by means of wind, especially by means of the breath, as a flute, a clarinet, etc. {Wind pump}, a pump moved by a windmill. {Wind rose}, a table of the points of the compass, giving the states of the barometer, etc., connected with winds from the different directions. {Wind sail}. (a) (Naut.) A wide tube or funnel of canvas, used to convey a stream of air for ventilation into the lower compartments of a vessel. (b) The sail or vane of a windmill. {Wind shake}, a crack or incoherence in timber produced by violent winds while the timber was growing. {Wind shock}, a wind shake. {Wind side}, the side next the wind; the windward side. [R.] --Mrs. Browning. {Wind rush} (Zo[94]l.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.] {Wind wheel}, a motor consisting of a wheel moved by wind. {Wood wind} (Mus.), the flutes and reed instruments of an orchestra, collectively. | |
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{To be in the wind}, to be suggested or expected; to be a matter of suspicion or surmise. [Colloq.] {To carry the wind} (Man.), to toss the nose as high as the ears, as a horse. {To raise the wind}, to procure money. [Colloq.] {To} {take, [or] have}, {the wind}, to gain or have the advantage. --Bacon. {To take the wind out of one's sails}, to cause one to stop, or lose way, as when a vessel intercepts the wind of another. [Colloq.] {To take wind}, or {To get wind}, to be divulged; to become public; as, the story got wind, or took wind. {Wind band} (Mus.), a band of wind instruments; a military band; the wind instruments of an orchestra. {Wind chest} (Mus.), a chest or reservoir of wind in an organ. {Wind dropsy}. (Med.) (a) Tympanites. (b) Emphysema of the subcutaneous areolar tissue. {Wind egg}, an imperfect, unimpregnated, or addled egg. {Wind furnace}. See the Note under {Furnace}. {Wind gauge}. See under {Gauge}. {Wind gun}. Same as {Air gun}. {Wind hatch} (Mining), the opening or place where the ore is taken out of the earth. {Wind instrument} (Mus.), an instrument of music sounded by means of wind, especially by means of the breath, as a flute, a clarinet, etc. {Wind pump}, a pump moved by a windmill. {Wind rose}, a table of the points of the compass, giving the states of the barometer, etc., connected with winds from the different directions. {Wind sail}. (a) (Naut.) A wide tube or funnel of canvas, used to convey a stream of air for ventilation into the lower compartments of a vessel. (b) The sail or vane of a windmill. {Wind shake}, a crack or incoherence in timber produced by violent winds while the timber was growing. {Wind shock}, a wind shake. {Wind side}, the side next the wind; the windward side. [R.] --Mrs. Browning. {Wind rush} (Zo[94]l.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.] {Wind wheel}, a motor consisting of a wheel moved by wind. {Wood wind} (Mus.), the flutes and reed instruments of an orchestra, collectively. | |
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{To be in the wind}, to be suggested or expected; to be a matter of suspicion or surmise. [Colloq.] {To carry the wind} (Man.), to toss the nose as high as the ears, as a horse. {To raise the wind}, to procure money. [Colloq.] {To} {take, [or] have}, {the wind}, to gain or have the advantage. --Bacon. {To take the wind out of one's sails}, to cause one to stop, or lose way, as when a vessel intercepts the wind of another. [Colloq.] {To take wind}, or {To get wind}, to be divulged; to become public; as, the story got wind, or took wind. {Wind band} (Mus.), a band of wind instruments; a military band; the wind instruments of an orchestra. {Wind chest} (Mus.), a chest or reservoir of wind in an organ. {Wind dropsy}. (Med.) (a) Tympanites. (b) Emphysema of the subcutaneous areolar tissue. {Wind egg}, an imperfect, unimpregnated, or addled egg. {Wind furnace}. See the Note under {Furnace}. {Wind gauge}. See under {Gauge}. {Wind gun}. Same as {Air gun}. {Wind hatch} (Mining), the opening or place where the ore is taken out of the earth. {Wind instrument} (Mus.), an instrument of music sounded by means of wind, especially by means of the breath, as a flute, a clarinet, etc. {Wind pump}, a pump moved by a windmill. {Wind rose}, a table of the points of the compass, giving the states of the barometer, etc., connected with winds from the different directions. {Wind sail}. (a) (Naut.) A wide tube or funnel of canvas, used to convey a stream of air for ventilation into the lower compartments of a vessel. (b) The sail or vane of a windmill. {Wind shake}, a crack or incoherence in timber produced by violent winds while the timber was growing. {Wind shock}, a wind shake. {Wind side}, the side next the wind; the windward side. [R.] --Mrs. Browning. {Wind rush} (Zo[94]l.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.] {Wind wheel}, a motor consisting of a wheel moved by wind. {Wood wind} (Mus.), the flutes and reed instruments of an orchestra, collectively. | |
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{To be in the wind}, to be suggested or expected; to be a matter of suspicion or surmise. [Colloq.] {To carry the wind} (Man.), to toss the nose as high as the ears, as a horse. {To raise the wind}, to procure money. [Colloq.] {To} {take, [or] have}, {the wind}, to gain or have the advantage. --Bacon. {To take the wind out of one's sails}, to cause one to stop, or lose way, as when a vessel intercepts the wind of another. [Colloq.] {To take wind}, or {To get wind}, to be divulged; to become public; as, the story got wind, or took wind. {Wind band} (Mus.), a band of wind instruments; a military band; the wind instruments of an orchestra. {Wind chest} (Mus.), a chest or reservoir of wind in an organ. {Wind dropsy}. (Med.) (a) Tympanites. (b) Emphysema of the subcutaneous areolar tissue. {Wind egg}, an imperfect, unimpregnated, or addled egg. {Wind furnace}. See the Note under {Furnace}. {Wind gauge}. See under {Gauge}. {Wind gun}. Same as {Air gun}. {Wind hatch} (Mining), the opening or place where the ore is taken out of the earth. {Wind instrument} (Mus.), an instrument of music sounded by means of wind, especially by means of the breath, as a flute, a clarinet, etc. {Wind pump}, a pump moved by a windmill. {Wind rose}, a table of the points of the compass, giving the states of the barometer, etc., connected with winds from the different directions. {Wind sail}. (a) (Naut.) A wide tube or funnel of canvas, used to convey a stream of air for ventilation into the lower compartments of a vessel. (b) The sail or vane of a windmill. {Wind shake}, a crack or incoherence in timber produced by violent winds while the timber was growing. {Wind shock}, a wind shake. {Wind side}, the side next the wind; the windward side. [R.] --Mrs. Browning. {Wind rush} (Zo[94]l.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.] {Wind wheel}, a motor consisting of a wheel moved by wind. {Wood wind} (Mus.), the flutes and reed instruments of an orchestra, collectively. | |
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Wind signal \Wind signal\ In general, any signal announcing information concerning winds, and esp. the expected approach of winds whose direction and force are dangerous to shipping, etc. The wind-signal system of the United States Weather Bureau consists of storm, information, hurricane, hot wind, and inland storm signals. | |
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Windage \Wind"age\, n. [From {Wind} air in motion.] 1. (Gun.) The difference between the diameter of the bore of a gun and that of the shot fired from it. 2. The sudden compression of the air caused by a projectile in passing close to another body. | |
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Windas \Wind"as\, n. See 3d {Windlass}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Windhover \Wind"hov`er\, n. [From its habit of hovering over one spot.] (Zo[94]l.) The kestrel; -- called also {windbibber}, {windcuffer}, {windfanner}. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Windgall \Wind"gall`\, n. (Far.) A soft tumor or synovial swelling on the fetlock joint of a horse; -- so called from having formerly been supposed to contain air. | |
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Windy \Wind"y\, a. [Compar. {Windier}; superl. {Windiest}.] [AS. windig.] 1. Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind. [bd]The windy hill.[b8] --M. Arnold. Blown with the windy tempest of my heart. --Shak. 2. Next the wind; windward. It keeps on the windy side of care. --Shak. 3. Tempestuous; boisterous; as, windy weather. 4. Serving to occasion wind or gas in the intestines; flatulent; as, windy food. 5. Attended or caused by wind, or gas, in the intestines. [bd]A windy colic.[b8] --Arbuthnot. 6. Fig.: Empty; airy. [bd]Windy joy.[b8] --Milton. Here's that windy applause, that poor, transitory pleasure, for which I was dishonored. --South. | |
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Windjammer \Wind"jam`mer\, n. 1. (Naut.) A sailing vessel or one of its crew; -- orig. so called contemptuously by sailors on steam vessels. [Colloq.] 2. An army bugler or trumpeter; any performer on a wind instrument. [Slang] | |
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{Window frame}, the frame of a window which receives and holds the sashes or casement. {Window glass}, panes of glass for windows; the kind of glass used in windows. {Window martin} (Zo[94]l.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.] {Window oyster} (Zo[94]l.), a marine bivalve shell ({Placuna placenta}) native of the East Indies and China. Its valves are very broad, thin, and translucent, and are said to have been used formerly in place of glass. {Window pane}. (a) (Arch.) See {Pane}, n., 3 (b) . (b) (Zo[94]l.) See {Windowpane}, in the Vocabulary. {Window sash}, the sash, or light frame, in which panes of glass are set for windows. {Window seat}, a seat arranged in the recess of a window. See {Window stool}, under {Stool}. {Window shade}, a shade or blind for a window; usually, one that is hung on a roller. {Window shell} (Zo[94]l.), the window oyster. {Window shutter}, a shutter or blind used to close or darken windows. {Window sill} (Arch.), the flat piece of wood, stone, or the like, at the bottom of a window frame. {Window swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.] {Window tax}, a tax or duty formerly levied on all windows, or openings for light, above the number of eight in houses standing in cities or towns. [Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Glass \Glass\, n. [OE. glas, gles, AS. gl[91]s; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. glas, Icel. glas, gler, Dan. glar; cf. AS. gl[91]r amber, L. glaesum. Cf. {Glare}, n., {Glaze}, v. t.] 1. A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or silica with lime, potash, soda, or lead oxide. It is used for window panes and mirrors, for articles of table and culinary use, for lenses, and various articles of ornament. Note: Glass is variously colored by the metallic oxides; thus, manganese colors it violet; copper (cuprous), red, or (cupric) green; cobalt, blue; uranium, yellowish green or canary yellow; iron, green or brown; gold, purple or red; tin, opaque white; chromium, emerald green; antimony, yellow. 2. (Chem.) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion. 3. Anything made of glass. Especially: (a) A looking-glass; a mirror. (b) A vessel filled with running sand for measuring time; an hourglass; and hence, the time in which such a vessel is exhausted of its sand. She would not live The running of one glass. --Shak. (c) A drinking vessel; a tumbler; a goblet; hence, the contents of such a vessel; especially; spirituous liquors; as, he took a glass at dinner. (d) An optical glass; a lens; a spyglass; -- in the plural, spectacles; as, a pair of glasses; he wears glasses. (e) A weatherglass; a barometer. Note: Glass is much used adjectively or in combination; as, glass maker, or glassmaker; glass making or glassmaking; glass blower or glassblower, etc. {Bohemian glass}, {Cut glass}, etc. See under {Bohemian}, {Cut}, etc. {Crown glass}, a variety of glass, used for making the finest plate or window glass, and consisting essentially of silicate of soda or potash and lime, with no admixture of lead; the convex half of an achromatic lens is composed of crown glass; -- so called from a crownlike shape given it in the process of blowing. {Crystal glass}, [or] {Flint glass}. See {Flint glass}, in the Vocabulary. {Cylinder glass}, sheet glass made by blowing the glass in the form of a cylinder which is then split longitudinally, opened out, and flattened. {Glass of antimony}, a vitreous oxide of antimony mixed with sulphide. {Glass blower}, one whose occupation is to blow and fashion glass. {Glass blowing}, the art of shaping glass, when reduced by heat to a viscid state, by inflating it through a tube. {Glass cloth}, a woven fabric formed of glass fibers. {Glass coach}, a coach superior to a hackney-coach, hired for the day, or any short period, as a private carriage; -- so called because originally private carriages alone had glass windows. [Eng.] --Smart. Glass coaches are [allowed in English parks from which ordinary hacks are excluded], meaning by this term, which is never used in America, hired carriages that do not go on stands. --J. F. Cooper. {Glass cutter}. (a) One who cuts sheets of glass into sizes for window panes, ets. (b) One who shapes the surface of glass by grinding and polishing. (c) A tool, usually with a diamond at the point, for cutting glass. {Glass cutting}. (a) The act or process of dividing glass, as sheets of glass into panes with a diamond. (b) The act or process of shaping the surface of glass by appylying it to revolving wheels, upon which sand, emery, and, afterwards, polishing powder, are applied; especially of glass which is shaped into facets, tooth ornaments, and the like. Glass having ornamental scrolls, etc., cut upon it, is said to be engraved. {Glass metal}, the fused material for making glass. {Glass painting}, the art or process of producing decorative effects in glass by painting it with enamel colors and combining the pieces together with slender sash bars of lead or other metal. In common parlance, glass painting and glass staining (see {Glass staining}, below) are used indifferently for all colored decorative work in windows, and the like. {Glass paper}, paper faced with pulvirezed glass, and used for abrasive purposes. {Glass silk}, fine threads of glass, wound, when in fusion, on rapidly rotating heated cylinders. {Glass silvering}, the process of transforming plate glass into mirrors by coating it with a reflecting surface, a deposit of silver, or a mercury amalgam. {Glass soap}, [or] {Glassmaker's soap}, the black oxide of manganese or other substances used by glass makers to take away color from the materials for glass. {Glass staining}, the art or practice of coloring glass in its whole substance, or, in the case of certain colors, in a superficial film only; also, decorative work in glass. Cf. Glass painting. {Glass tears}. See {Rupert's drop}. {Glass works}, an establishment where glass is made. {Heavy glass}, a heavy optical glass, consisting essentially of a borosilicate of potash. {Millefiore glass}. See {Millefiore}. {Plate glass}, a fine kind of glass, cast in thick plates, and flattened by heavy rollers, -- used for mirrors and the best windows. {Pressed glass}, glass articles formed in molds by pressure when hot. {Soluble glass} (Chem.), a silicate of sodium or potassium, found in commerce as a white, glassy mass, a stony powder, or dissolved as a viscous, sirupy liquid; -- used for rendering fabrics incombustible, for hardening artificial stone, etc.; -- called also {water glass}. {Spun glass}, glass drawn into a thread while liquid. {Toughened glass}, {Tempered glass}, glass finely tempered or annealed, by a peculiar method of sudden cooling by plunging while hot into oil, melted wax, or paraffine, etc.; -- called also, from the name of the inventor of the process, {Bastie glass}. {Water glass}. (Chem.) See {Soluble glass}, above. {Window glass}, glass in panes suitable for windows. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Window frame}, the frame of a window which receives and holds the sashes or casement. {Window glass}, panes of glass for windows; the kind of glass used in windows. {Window martin} (Zo[94]l.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.] {Window oyster} (Zo[94]l.), a marine bivalve shell ({Placuna placenta}) native of the East Indies and China. Its valves are very broad, thin, and translucent, and are said to have been used formerly in place of glass. {Window pane}. (a) (Arch.) See {Pane}, n., 3 (b) . (b) (Zo[94]l.) See {Windowpane}, in the Vocabulary. {Window sash}, the sash, or light frame, in which panes of glass are set for windows. {Window seat}, a seat arranged in the recess of a window. See {Window stool}, under {Stool}. {Window shade}, a shade or blind for a window; usually, one that is hung on a roller. {Window shell} (Zo[94]l.), the window oyster. {Window shutter}, a shutter or blind used to close or darken windows. {Window sill} (Arch.), the flat piece of wood, stone, or the like, at the bottom of a window frame. {Window swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.] {Window tax}, a tax or duty formerly levied on all windows, or openings for light, above the number of eight in houses standing in cities or towns. [Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Window frame}, the frame of a window which receives and holds the sashes or casement. {Window glass}, panes of glass for windows; the kind of glass used in windows. {Window martin} (Zo[94]l.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.] {Window oyster} (Zo[94]l.), a marine bivalve shell ({Placuna placenta}) native of the East Indies and China. Its valves are very broad, thin, and translucent, and are said to have been used formerly in place of glass. {Window pane}. (a) (Arch.) See {Pane}, n., 3 (b) . (b) (Zo[94]l.) See {Windowpane}, in the Vocabulary. {Window sash}, the sash, or light frame, in which panes of glass are set for windows. {Window seat}, a seat arranged in the recess of a window. See {Window stool}, under {Stool}. {Window shade}, a shade or blind for a window; usually, one that is hung on a roller. {Window shell} (Zo[94]l.), the window oyster. {Window shutter}, a shutter or blind used to close or darken windows. {Window sill} (Arch.), the flat piece of wood, stone, or the like, at the bottom of a window frame. {Window swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.] {Window tax}, a tax or duty formerly levied on all windows, or openings for light, above the number of eight in houses standing in cities or towns. [Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Window frame}, the frame of a window which receives and holds the sashes or casement. {Window glass}, panes of glass for windows; the kind of glass used in windows. {Window martin} (Zo[94]l.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.] {Window oyster} (Zo[94]l.), a marine bivalve shell ({Placuna placenta}) native of the East Indies and China. Its valves are very broad, thin, and translucent, and are said to have been used formerly in place of glass. {Window pane}. (a) (Arch.) See {Pane}, n., 3 (b) . (b) (Zo[94]l.) See {Windowpane}, in the Vocabulary. {Window sash}, the sash, or light frame, in which panes of glass are set for windows. {Window seat}, a seat arranged in the recess of a window. See {Window stool}, under {Stool}. {Window shade}, a shade or blind for a window; usually, one that is hung on a roller. {Window shell} (Zo[94]l.), the window oyster. {Window shutter}, a shutter or blind used to close or darken windows. {Window sill} (Arch.), the flat piece of wood, stone, or the like, at the bottom of a window frame. {Window swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.] {Window tax}, a tax or duty formerly levied on all windows, or openings for light, above the number of eight in houses standing in cities or towns. [Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Window frame}, the frame of a window which receives and holds the sashes or casement. {Window glass}, panes of glass for windows; the kind of glass used in windows. {Window martin} (Zo[94]l.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.] {Window oyster} (Zo[94]l.), a marine bivalve shell ({Placuna placenta}) native of the East Indies and China. Its valves are very broad, thin, and translucent, and are said to have been used formerly in place of glass. {Window pane}. (a) (Arch.) See {Pane}, n., 3 (b) . (b) (Zo[94]l.) See {Windowpane}, in the Vocabulary. {Window sash}, the sash, or light frame, in which panes of glass are set for windows. {Window seat}, a seat arranged in the recess of a window. See {Window stool}, under {Stool}. {Window shade}, a shade or blind for a window; usually, one that is hung on a roller. {Window shell} (Zo[94]l.), the window oyster. {Window shutter}, a shutter or blind used to close or darken windows. {Window sill} (Arch.), the flat piece of wood, stone, or the like, at the bottom of a window frame. {Window swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.] {Window tax}, a tax or duty formerly levied on all windows, or openings for light, above the number of eight in houses standing in cities or towns. [Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Window frame}, the frame of a window which receives and holds the sashes or casement. {Window glass}, panes of glass for windows; the kind of glass used in windows. {Window martin} (Zo[94]l.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.] {Window oyster} (Zo[94]l.), a marine bivalve shell ({Placuna placenta}) native of the East Indies and China. Its valves are very broad, thin, and translucent, and are said to have been used formerly in place of glass. {Window pane}. (a) (Arch.) See {Pane}, n., 3 (b) . (b) (Zo[94]l.) See {Windowpane}, in the Vocabulary. {Window sash}, the sash, or light frame, in which panes of glass are set for windows. {Window seat}, a seat arranged in the recess of a window. See {Window stool}, under {Stool}. {Window shade}, a shade or blind for a window; usually, one that is hung on a roller. {Window shell} (Zo[94]l.), the window oyster. {Window shutter}, a shutter or blind used to close or darken windows. {Window sill} (Arch.), the flat piece of wood, stone, or the like, at the bottom of a window frame. {Window swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.] {Window tax}, a tax or duty formerly levied on all windows, or openings for light, above the number of eight in houses standing in cities or towns. [Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Window frame}, the frame of a window which receives and holds the sashes or casement. {Window glass}, panes of glass for windows; the kind of glass used in windows. {Window martin} (Zo[94]l.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.] {Window oyster} (Zo[94]l.), a marine bivalve shell ({Placuna placenta}) native of the East Indies and China. Its valves are very broad, thin, and translucent, and are said to have been used formerly in place of glass. {Window pane}. (a) (Arch.) See {Pane}, n., 3 (b) . (b) (Zo[94]l.) See {Windowpane}, in the Vocabulary. {Window sash}, the sash, or light frame, in which panes of glass are set for windows. {Window seat}, a seat arranged in the recess of a window. See {Window stool}, under {Stool}. {Window shade}, a shade or blind for a window; usually, one that is hung on a roller. {Window shell} (Zo[94]l.), the window oyster. {Window shutter}, a shutter or blind used to close or darken windows. {Window sill} (Arch.), the flat piece of wood, stone, or the like, at the bottom of a window frame. {Window swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.] {Window tax}, a tax or duty formerly levied on all windows, or openings for light, above the number of eight in houses standing in cities or towns. [Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Window frame}, the frame of a window which receives and holds the sashes or casement. {Window glass}, panes of glass for windows; the kind of glass used in windows. {Window martin} (Zo[94]l.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.] {Window oyster} (Zo[94]l.), a marine bivalve shell ({Placuna placenta}) native of the East Indies and China. Its valves are very broad, thin, and translucent, and are said to have been used formerly in place of glass. {Window pane}. (a) (Arch.) See {Pane}, n., 3 (b) . (b) (Zo[94]l.) See {Windowpane}, in the Vocabulary. {Window sash}, the sash, or light frame, in which panes of glass are set for windows. {Window seat}, a seat arranged in the recess of a window. See {Window stool}, under {Stool}. {Window shade}, a shade or blind for a window; usually, one that is hung on a roller. {Window shell} (Zo[94]l.), the window oyster. {Window shutter}, a shutter or blind used to close or darken windows. {Window sill} (Arch.), the flat piece of wood, stone, or the like, at the bottom of a window frame. {Window swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.] {Window tax}, a tax or duty formerly levied on all windows, or openings for light, above the number of eight in houses standing in cities or towns. [Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Stool \Stool\, n. [AS. st[d3]l a seat; akin to OFries. & OS. st[d3]l, D. stoel, G. stuhl, OHG. stuol, Icel. st[d3]ll, Sw. & Dan. stol, Goth. st[d3]ls, Lith. stalas a table, Russ. stol'; from the root of E. stand. [fb]163. See {Stand}, and cf. {Fauteuil}.] 1. A single seat with three or four legs and without a back, made in various forms for various uses. 2. A seat used in evacuating the bowels; hence, an evacuation; a discharge from the bowels. 3. A stool pigeon, or decoy bird. [U. S.] 4. (Naut.) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays. --Totten. 5. A bishop's seat or see; a bishop-stool. --J. P. Peters. 6. A bench or form for resting the feet or the knees; a footstool; as, a kneeling stool. 7. Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to. [Local, U.S.] {Stool of a window}, or {Window stool} (Arch.), the flat piece upon which the window shuts down, and which corresponds to the sill of a door; in the United States, the narrow shelf fitted on the inside against the actual sill upon which the sash descends. This is called a window seat when broad and low enough to be used as a seat. {Stool of repentance}, the cuttystool. [Scot.] {Stool pigeon}, a pigeon used as a decoy to draw others within a net; hence, a person used as a decoy for others. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Window frame}, the frame of a window which receives and holds the sashes or casement. {Window glass}, panes of glass for windows; the kind of glass used in windows. {Window martin} (Zo[94]l.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.] {Window oyster} (Zo[94]l.), a marine bivalve shell ({Placuna placenta}) native of the East Indies and China. Its valves are very broad, thin, and translucent, and are said to have been used formerly in place of glass. {Window pane}. (a) (Arch.) See {Pane}, n., 3 (b) . (b) (Zo[94]l.) See {Windowpane}, in the Vocabulary. {Window sash}, the sash, or light frame, in which panes of glass are set for windows. {Window seat}, a seat arranged in the recess of a window. See {Window stool}, under {Stool}. {Window shade}, a shade or blind for a window; usually, one that is hung on a roller. {Window shell} (Zo[94]l.), the window oyster. {Window shutter}, a shutter or blind used to close or darken windows. {Window sill} (Arch.), the flat piece of wood, stone, or the like, at the bottom of a window frame. {Window swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.] {Window tax}, a tax or duty formerly levied on all windows, or openings for light, above the number of eight in houses standing in cities or towns. [Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wind-shaken \Wind"-shak`en\, a. Shaken by the wind; specif. (Forestry), affected by wind shake, or anemosis (which see, above). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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 scented soap well known for its excellence. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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 scented soap well known for its excellence. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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 scented soap well known for its excellence. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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 scented soap well known for its excellence. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Windstorm \Wind"storm\, n. A storm characterized by high wind with little or no rain. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wind-sucker \Wind"-suck`er\, n. 1. (Far.) A horse given to wind-sucking --Law. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The kestrel. --B. Jonson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wind-sucking \Wind"-suck`ing\, n. (Far.) A vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the swallowing of air; -- usually associated with crib-biting, or cribbing. See {Cribbing}, 4. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Windtight \Wind"tight`\, a. So tight as to prevent the passing through of wind. --Bp. Hall. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wound \Wound\ (?; 277), n. [OE. wounde, wunde, AS. wund; akin to OFries. wunde, OS. wunda, D. wonde, OHG. wunta, G. wunde, Icel. und, and to AS., OS., & G. wund sore, wounded, OHG. wunt, Goth. wunds, and perhaps also to Goth. winnan to suffer, E. win. [fb]140. Cf. Zounds.] 1. A hurt or injury caused by violence; specifically, a breach of the skin and flesh of an animal, or in the substance of any creature or living thing; a cut, stab, rent, or the like. --Chaucer. Showers of blood Rained from the wounds of slaughtered Englishmen. --Shak. 2. Fig.: An injury, hurt, damage, detriment, or the like, to feeling, faculty, reputation, etc. 3. (Criminal Law) An injury to the person by which the skin is divided, or its continuity broken; a lesion of the body, involving some solution of continuity. Note: Walker condemns the pronunciation woond as a [bd]capricious novelty.[b8] It is certainly opposed to an important principle of our language, namely, that the Old English long sound written ou, and pronounced like French ou or modern English oo, has regularly changed, when accented, into the diphthongal sound usually written with the same letters ou in modern English, as in ground, hound, round, sound. The use of ou in Old English to represent the sound of modern English oo was borrowed from the French, and replaced the older and Anglo-Saxon spelling with u. It makes no difference whether the word was taken from the French or not, provided it is old enough in English to have suffered this change to what is now the common sound of ou; but words taken from the French at a later time, or influenced by French, may have the French sound. {Wound gall} (Zo[94]l.), an elongated swollen or tuberous gall on the branches of the grapevine, caused by a small reddish brown weevil ({Ampeloglypter sesostris}) whose larv[91] inhabit the galls. | |
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Wantagh, NY (CDP, FIPS 78146) Location: 40.66770 N, 73.51081 W Population (1990): 18567 (6007 housing units) Area: 9.9 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 11793 | |
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Wenatchee, WA (city, FIPS 77105) Location: 47.42566 N, 120.32493 W Population (1990): 21756 (9453 housing units) Area: 15.8 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98801 | |
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Wentzville, MO (city, FIPS 78442) Location: 38.81337 N, 90.85955 W Population (1990): 5088 (1914 housing units) Area: 25.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63385 | |
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Weweantic, MA (CDP, FIPS 78850) Location: 41.73515 N, 70.73247 W Population (1990): 1812 (832 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water) | |
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Wind Gap, PA (borough, FIPS 85664) Location: 40.84755 N, 75.29168 W Population (1990): 2741 (1164 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18091 | |
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Windcrest, TX (city, FIPS 79672) Location: 29.51767 N, 98.37890 W Population (1990): 5331 (2276 housing units) Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78239 | |
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Windsor, CA (CDP, FIPS 85922) Location: 38.54568 N, 122.79781 W Population (1990): 13371 (5252 housing units) Area: 25.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95492 Windsor, CO (town, FIPS 85485) Location: 40.48523 N, 104.90651 W Population (1990): 5062 (1917 housing units) Area: 12.3 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 80550 Windsor, CT Zip code(s): 06095 Windsor, IL (city, FIPS 82322) Location: 39.43814 N, 88.59575 W Population (1990): 1143 (510 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Windsor, IL (village, FIPS 82309) Location: 41.20161 N, 90.44387 W Population (1990): 774 (337 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61957 Windsor, MA Zip code(s): 01270 Windsor, ME Zip code(s): 04363 Windsor, MO (city, FIPS 80350) Location: 38.53336 N, 93.52236 W Population (1990): 3044 (1403 housing units) Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65360 Windsor, NC (town, FIPS 74680) Location: 36.00068 N, 76.94388 W Population (1990): 2056 (927 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27983 Windsor, ND Zip code(s): 58424 Windsor, NY (village, FIPS 82524) Location: 42.07716 N, 75.64100 W Population (1990): 1051 (426 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13865 Windsor, OH Zip code(s): 44099 Windsor, PA (borough, FIPS 85728) Location: 39.91548 N, 76.58329 W Population (1990): 1355 (509 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17366 Windsor, SC (town, FIPS 78190) Location: 33.48080 N, 81.51510 W Population (1990): 124 (71 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29856 Windsor, VA (town, FIPS 86784) Location: 36.80817 N, 76.73946 W Population (1990): 1025 (447 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 23487 Windsor, VT Zip code(s): 05089 Windsor, WI (CDP, FIPS 87725) Location: 43.21674 N, 89.34212 W Population (1990): 2182 (781 housing units) Area: 11.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53598 | |
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Windsor County, VT (county, FIPS 27) Location: 43.57062 N, 72.57017 W Population (1990): 54055 (29849 housing units) Area: 2515.7 sq km (land), 12.3 sq km (water) | |
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Windsor Heights, IA (city, FIPS 86250) Location: 41.60480 N, 93.71190 W Population (1990): 5190 (2302 housing units) Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50311 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Windsor Locks, CT (CDP, FIPS 87140) Location: 41.92605 N, 72.65800 W Population (1990): 12358 (4929 housing units) Area: 23.4 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 06096 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Windsorville, CT Zip code(s): 06016 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Winnetka, CA Zip code(s): 91306 Winnetka, IL (village, FIPS 82530) Location: 42.10645 N, 87.74273 W Population (1990): 12174 (4477 housing units) Area: 9.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Wyantskill, NY (CDP, FIPS 83300) Location: 42.68914 N, 73.64928 W Population (1990): 3329 (1315 housing units) Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
window shopping n. [US Geological Survey] Among users of {WIMP environment}s like {X} or the Macintosh, extended experimentation with new window colors, fonts, and icon shapes. This activity can take up hours of what might otherwise have been productive working time. "I spent the afternoon window shopping until I found the coolest shade of green for my active window borders -- now they perfectly match my medium slate blue background." Serious window shoppers will spend their days with bitmap editors, creating new and different icons and background patterns for all to see. Also: `window dressing', the act of applying new fonts, colors, etc. See {fritterware}, compare {macdink}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Windoze /win'dohz/ n. See {Microsloth Windows}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
When It's Done product availability. This answer allows the manufacturer to pretend to communicate with their customers without setting themselves any deadlines or revealing how behind schedule the product really is. It also sounds slightly better than "We don't know". (1999-08-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
window shopping the {X Window System} or the {Macintosh} at the US Geological Survey for extended experimentation with new window colours, {fonts}, and {icon} shapes. This activity can take up hours of what might otherwise have been productive working time. "I spent the afternoon window shopping until I found the coolest shade of green for my active window borders --- now they perfectly match my medium slate blue background." Serious window shoppers will spend their days with bitmap editors, creating new and different icons and background patterns for all to see. Also: "window dressing", the act of applying new fonts, colours, etc. See {fritterware}, compare {macdink}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-07-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
window system Software which allows a {workstation}'s screen to be divided into rectangular areas which act like a separate input/output devices under the control of different {application} programs. This gives the user the ability to see the output of several processes at once and to choose which one will receive input by selecting its window, usually by pointing at it with a {mouse}. Examples are the {X Window System}, and proprietary systems on the {Macintosh} and {NeXT}, {NeWS} on {Suns} and {RISC OS} on the {Archimedes}. See also {WIMP}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows (1997-11-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows 1 Windows}, released in 1985. It took a total of 55 programmer-years to develop, and only allowed tiled windows. (1996-07-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows 2 released in 1987. Windows 2 had considerably more features than {Windows 1}, such as overlapping windows and {icons}. When {Windows/386} was released, Windows 2 was renamed Windows/286. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows 2000 {operating system} developed by {Microsoft Corporation} for {PCs} and {servers}, as the successor to {Windows NT 4}.0. Early {beta} versions were referred to as "Windows NT 5.0". Windows 2000 was officially released on 2000-02-17. Windows 2000 is most commonly used on {Intel} {x86} and {Pentium} processors, with a {DEC Alpha} version rumoured. Unlike Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 is not available for {PowerPC} or {MIPS}. Windows 2000's {user interface} is very similar to {Windows 95} or Windows NT 4.0 with integrated {Internet Explorer}, or to {Windows 98}. It is available in four flavours: - Professional: the {client} version, meant for desktop {workstations}, successor to Windows NT Workstation. - Server: "entry-level" server, designed for small deployments, and departmental file, print, or {intranet} servers. - Advanced Server: high throughput, larger scale servers and applications, and small to medium scale {web sites}. - Data Center Server: software for large-scale server {clusters} (in development as of 2000-03-14). New features in Windows 2000 include: - {Active Directory}. - Greatly improved built-in security mechanisms, including {Kerberos}-based {authentication}, {public key} support, an {encrypting} {file system}, and {IPsec} support. - Integrated {web browser} - {Internet Explorer} 5.0. - Integrated {web server} - {IIS} 5.0 - Terminal services for displaying application interfaces on remote computers (similar to {X-Windows}). - File protection that prevents user programs from accidentally deleting or overwriting critical system files. - Improved hardware support, including {Plug-and-Play}, {DVD}, {IEEE-1394} (FireWire), {USB}, {infra-red}, {PCMCIA}, {ACPI}, {laptop computers}. - Improved user interface, including a single point to control the entire system. - Improved management tools, including remote administration. Minimum system requirements, according to Microsoft, are {Pentium}-133 {MHz} {CPU}, 64 {MB} {RAM}, 650 {MB} of {hard disk} space. These are for W2K Professional, others require more. Many {operating systems} compete with Windows 2000, including the {Apple} {MacOS}, {Linux}, {FreeBSD}, {OpenBSD}, {NetBSD}, {Sun} {Solaris}, {IBM} {AIX}, {Hewlett-Packard} {HP-UX}, {SGI} {Irix}. Novell's NDS also provides a service similar to Active Directory. Windows 2000 will be followed by {Windows XP} Professional and {Windows 2002}. {Home (http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/)}. {Usenet} newsgroups: {(news:microsoft.public.windows2000)}, {(news:comp.os.ms-windows)}. (2002-01-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows 2K {Windows 2000} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows 3.0 with many new facilities such as the ability to address memory beyond 640k. It was released in 1990, and vigorous development of applications by third parties helped Microsoft sell over 10 million copies. (1996-07-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows 3.1 improvements over {Windows 3.0}, including {True Type Fonts}, {Object Linking and Embedding} (OLE) and {Mouse Trails} for use with {LCD} Devices. It also saw the loss of {Real Mode}, which meant it would no longer run on {Intel 8086} processors (did anyone ever do this anyway?). Sometimes described as "stand-alone Windows", in contrast to {Windows for Workgroups 3.1}. {Windows 3.11} is a free bug-fix update. 3.1's successors are {Windows 95} and {Windows NT}. (1996-07-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows 3.11 (1996-07-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows 4GL on top of a {workstation}'s native {windowing system}, to help developers to build user interfaces to {INGRES} applications. (1996-07-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows 94 so called because it was originally meant to ship in 1994. (1998-09-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows 95 {Windows 3.11} {operating system} for {IBM PC}s. It was known as "Chicago" during development. Its release was originally scheduled for late 1994 but eventually happened on 11 Jul 1995, followed by Service Release 1 on 1995-12-31 and OSR2 (OEM Service Release 2) on 1996-08-24. In contrast to earlier versions, Windows 95 is a complete operating system rather than a {graphical user interface} running on top of {MS-DOS}. It provides {32-bit application} support, {pre-emptive multitasking}, threading and built-in networking ({TCP/IP}, {IPX}, {SLIP}, {PPP}, and {Windows Sockets}). It includes {MS-DOS} 7.0, but takes over completely after booting. The {graphical user interface}, while similar to previous Windows versions, is significantly improved. Windows 95 has also been described as "32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand 1-bit of competition". The successor to Windows 95 was {Windows 98}. (1998-07-19) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows 98 that adds: * Hardware support for {Universal Serial Bus} (USB). * Internet Connection Sharing (IGC) - multiple PCs share a single connection to the Internet. * Microsoft {WebTV} for Windows - watch TV on your PC. * Support for new graphic, sound, and multimedia formats. * {Internet Explorer} release 5. * Windows 98 {Service Pack} - {year 2000} updates. Windows 98 was followed logically by {Windows ME} but chronologically by {Windows 2000 Professional Edition}. {Home (http://www.microsoft.com/windows98)}. (2002-01-19) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows Application Binary Interface Microsystems} to allow certain {Microsoft Windows} applications under the {X Window System}. Wabi 2.2 runs under {Solaris} on {SPARC}, {Intel}, and {PowerPC}. Wabi works by providing translated versions of the three core Windows libraries, {user.dll}, {kernel.dll}, and {gdi.dll} which redirect Windows calls to Solaris equivalents. For code other than core library calls Wabi either executes the instructions directly on the hardware, if it is Intel, or emulates them, either one instruction at a time or by translating a block of instructions and caching the result (e.g. for a loop). {WabiServer} allows the Windows application and X display to be on different computers. {Overview (http://www.sun.com/solaris/products/wabi/)}. (1997-01-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows CE {operating system} that is being used in a variety of {embedded} products, from {handheld} PCs to specialised industrial {controllers} and consumer electronic devices. Programming for Windows CE is similar to programming for other {Win32} {platforms}. Windows CE was developed to be a customisable operating system for embedded {applications}. Its {kernel} borrows much from other Microsoft {32-bit} operating systems, while eliminating (or replacing) those operating system features that are not needed for typical Windows CE-based applications. For example, as on {Windows NT}, all applications running on Windows CE run in a fully {preemptive multitasking} environment, in fully {protected memory} spaces. The {Win32} (API) for Windows CE is smaller than the Win32 API for the other 32-bit Windows operating systems. It includes approximately half the interface methods of the Windows NT version of the API. But the Win32 API for Windows CE also includes features found in no other Microsoft operating system. The notification API, for example, makes it possible to handle user or application notification events (such as timer events) at the operating-system level, rather than in a running application. The {touch screen} API and the built-in support for the Windows CE {database} are not found in other Windows operating systems. The touch screen API makes it easy to manage screen calibration and user interactions for {touch-sensitive displays}, while the database API provides access to a data storage facility. {(http://channels.microsoft.com/windowsce/developer/default.htm)}. {(http://channels.microsoft.com/windowsce/developer/technical/default.htm)}. (1997-12-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows for Workgroups which works with a network. Although stand-alone 3.1 can be networked, the installation and configuration is much improved with Windows for Workgroups (3.1). Windows for Workgroups 3.11 was a significant upgrade to WFW 3.1, adding 32-bit file access, fax capability and higher performance. (1996-07-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) A {Microsoft} body that produces and supports the {Microsoft} {Hardware Compatibility Test} kit for current Microsoft {operating systems}. Products are tested with the kit to ensure that they meet Microsoft standards for compatibility with {Windows} and to qualify to use the "Designed for Microsoft Windows" logos. {Home (http://www.microsoft.com/hwdq/hwtest/)}. (2002-11-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows Internet Naming Service {IP addresses}. [Details?] (1998-02-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows ME {Windows Millennium Edition} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows Messaging application, formerly called {Microsoft Exchange}. (1998-07-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
windows messaging provided by vendors of {graphical user interfaces} for {concurrent} {operating systems}, such as {Microsoft}, The {X Consortium} and {Apple}. The system software translates hardware {interrupts} from various input devices into messages according to the current input context (e.g. the active {window} of the frontmost {application}). Each message is a short piece of information. A message's format depends on its type, which is usually encoded in its first field. The message is sent to the {client} application using some communication {protocol} (e.g. {shared memory}, internal {socket}, network socket). The client application dispatches the message and performs any actions required. The messages can also be sent by client applications. This provides convenient and flexible inter-process communication. (1998-07-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows Messaging application, formerly called {Microsoft Exchange}. (1998-07-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
windows messaging provided by vendors of {graphical user interfaces} for {concurrent} {operating systems}, such as {Microsoft}, The {X Consortium} and {Apple}. The system software translates hardware {interrupts} from various input devices into messages according to the current input context (e.g. the active {window} of the frontmost {application}). Each message is a short piece of information. A message's format depends on its type, which is usually encoded in its first field. The message is sent to the {client} application using some communication {protocol} (e.g. {shared memory}, internal {socket}, network socket). The client application dispatches the message and performs any actions required. The messages can also be sent by client applications. This provides convenient and flexible inter-process communication. (1998-07-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows Millennium Edition {Windows 98}, released in 2000. ME included updates of packaged software and new software such as {Windows Media Player} 7, {Windows Movie Maker}. It also has an updated {user interface} with new colours and icons, but few major changes. Windows ME was followed by {Windows XP}. (2003-05-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows NT 32-bit {operating system} developed from what was originally intended to be {OS/2} 3.0 before {Microsoft} and {IBM} ceased joint development of OS/2. NT was designed for high end {workstations} (Windows NT 3.1), servers (Windows NT 3.1 Advanced Server), and corporate networks (NT 4.0 Enterprise Server). The first release was {Windows NT 3.1}. Unlike {Windows 3.1}, which was a graphical environment that ran on top of {MS-DOS}, Windows NT is a complete operating system. To the user it looks like Windows 3.1, but it has true {multi-threading}, built in networking, security, and {memory protection}. It is based on a {microkernel}, with 32-bit addressing for up to 4Gb of {RAM}, virtualised hardware access to fully protect applications, installable file systems, such as {FAT}, {HPFS} and {NTFS}, built-in networking, {multi-processor} support, and {C2 security}. NT is also designed to be hardware independent. Once the machine specific part - the {Hardware Abstraction Layer} (HAL) - has been ported to a particular machine, the rest of the operating system should theorertically compile without alteration. A version of NT for {DEC}'s {Alpha} machines was planned (September 1993). NT needs a fast {386} or equivalent, at least 12MB of {RAM} (preferably 16MB) and at least 75MB of free disk space. NT 4.0 was followed by {Windows 2000}. {Usenet} newsgroups: {news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc}. (2002-06-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows NT 3.1 NT}, released in September 1993, price UKP 395, after having been in {beta-test} for as long as anyone could remember. The person responsible for {VMS} on the {DEC VAX} [who?] was also responsible for Windows NT. Incrementing each letter in VMS yields WNT. {(http://www.win2000mag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=4494)}. (2000-08-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows NT 3.5 {Windows NT 3.1}. NT is now (July 1996) supplied as "Windows NT 3.5 Workstation" and "Windows NT 3.5 Server". It has better {OLE} support, higher performance and requires less memory. (1996-07-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows NT 4 {operating system}, originally code named "Cairo". It was supposed to ship in the first half of 1995. Details are scarce, but it is intended to provide an {object-oriented} version of Windows. (1996-07-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows NT 5 {Windows 2000} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows NT Network Model model has the following layers: User Applications (e.g. Excel) {API}s File System Drivers {TDI} Protocols {NDIS} v4 NDIS Wrapper NDIS Card Driver {Network Adapter Card} Compare {OSI} seven layer model. (1997-11-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows Open Service Architecture of {Microsoft Windows}: the ethos of {abstraction} of core {services}. For each extension, Windows {Open} Services {Architecture} defines an {API} and an {SPI}, as well as a universal interface (usually placed in a single {DLL}) that both comply to. These then {transparent}ly let the {operating system} speak to {device drivers}, {database managers}, and other {low level} entities. These extensions include, among others, {ODBC} (called the "crowning jewel of WOSA"), {TAPI}, {WOSA/XFS}, {SAPI} and {MAPI}, and their supporting services, as well as the abstraction of access to {printers}, {modems}, and {networking services}, which run identically over {TCP/IP}, {IPX/SPX}, and {NetBEUI}. (2000-08-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows sockets {Microsoft Windows} network software, describing how applications can access network services, especially {TCP/IP}. Winsock is intended to provide a single {API} to which application developers should program and to which multiple network software vendors should conform. For any particular version of {Microsoft Windows}, it defines a binary interface ({ABI}) such that an application written to the Windows Sockets API can work with a conformant {protocol} implementation from any network software vendor. Winsock was conceived at Fall Interop '91 during a {Birds of a Feather} session. Windows Sockets is supported by {Microsoft Windows}, {Windows for Workgroups}, {Win32s}, {Windows 95} and {Windows NT}. It will support protocols other than {TCP/IP}. Under {Windows NT}, {Microsoft} will provide Windows Sockets support over {TCP/IP} and {IPX}/{SPX}. {DEC} will be implementing {DECNet}. {Windows NT} will include mechanisms for multiple {protocol} support in Windows Sockets, both 32-bit and 16 bit. Mark Towfiq said, "The next rev. of Winsock will not be until toward the end of 1993. We need 1.1 of the {API} to become firmly settled and implemented first." {Windows Sockets API (ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/micro/pc-stuff/ms-windows/winsock)}. or {(ftp://microdyne.com/pub/winsock)} or send a message "help" to either {Windows Sockets specification (ftp://rhino.microsoft.com)}. Currently NetManage (NEWT), Distinct, FTP and Frontier are shipping Winsock {TCP/IP} stacks, as is {Microsoft} (Windows NT and {TCP/IP} for WFW), Beame & Whiteside Software (v1.1 compliant), and Sun PC-NFS. Windows 95 has "dial-up networking" which supports Winsock and TCP/IP. winsock.dll is available from some {TCP/IP} stack vendors. {Novell} has one in beta for their {Lan Workplace} for {DOS}. Peter Tattam alpha-testing a shareware Windows Sockets compliant {TCP/IP} stack {(ftp://ftp.utas.edu.au/pc/trumpet/winsock/winsock.zip)}. and {(ftp://ftp.utas.edu.au/pc/trumpet/winsock/winpkt.com)}. {The Consummate Winsock App List (http://wwwvms.utexas.edu/~Neuroses/cwsapps.html)}. [Adapted from: Aboba, Bernard D., comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Frequently Asked Questions, 1993 {Usenet}: {news:news.answers}, {(ftp://netcom1.netcom.com/pub/mailcom/IBMTCP/)}]. [Current status?] (1996-06-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows XP {operating system} that finally, in 2001[?], merged the Windows 95} - {Windows ME} strain with the {Windows NT} - {Windows 2000} one. {Windows XP Home (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/)}. [Summary?] (2002-06-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows/286 {Windows 2} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windows/386 in late 1987. Windows/386 was basically the same as its predecessor, Windows/286 (as {Windows 2} was renamed), but with the capability to run multiple {MS-DOS} applications simultaneously in {extended memory}. (1996-07-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Windoze {Microsloth Windows} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Winds blowing from the four quarters of heaven (Jer. 49:36; Ezek. 37:9; Dan. 8:8; Zech. 2:6). The east wind was parching (Ezek. 17:10; 19:12), and is sometimes mentioned as simply denoting a strong wind (Job 27:21; Isa. 27:8). This wind prevails in Palestine from February to June, as the west wind (Luke 12:54) does from November to February. The south was a hot wind (Job 37:17; Luke 12:55). It swept over the Arabian peninsula. The rush of invaders is figuratively spoken of as a whirlwind (Isa. 21:1); a commotion among the nations of the world as a striving of the four winds (Dan. 7:2). The winds are subject to the divine power (Ps. 18:10; 135:7). |