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English Dictionary: windage	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
windage n the retarding force of air friction on a moving object the space between the projectile of a smoothbore gun and the surface of the bore of the gun exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance) Synonym(s): windage, wind exposure the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind Synonym(s): windage, wind deflection
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.