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   wanting
         adj 1: nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was
                  lacking" [syn: {lacking}, {absent}, {missing}, {wanting}]
         2: inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education";
            "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested
            and found wanting" [syn: {deficient}, {lacking(p)},
            {wanting(p)}]

English Dictionary: windmill by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wanton
adj
  1. occurring without motivation or provocation; "motiveless malignity"; "unprovoked and dastardly attack"- F.D.Roosevelt
    Synonym(s): motiveless, unprovoked, wanton
  2. casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior"
    Synonym(s): easy, light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton
n
  1. lewd or lascivious woman
v
  1. waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently [syn: piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle]
  2. indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life
  3. spend wastefully; "wanton one's money away"
    Synonym(s): wanton, wanton away, trifle away
  4. become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously
    Synonym(s): luxuriate, wanton
  5. engage in amorous play
  6. behave extremely cruelly and brutally
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wanton away
v
  1. waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently [syn: piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle]
  2. spend wastefully; "wanton one's money away"
    Synonym(s): wanton, wanton away, trifle away
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wantonly
adv
  1. in a wanton manner; "the animals were killed wantonly for sport"
  2. in a licentious and promiscuous manner; "this young girl has to share a room with her mother who lives promiscuously"
    Synonym(s): licentiously, wantonly, promiscuously
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wantonness
n
  1. the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon"
    Synonym(s): abandon, wantonness, unconstraint
  2. the quality of being lewd and lascivious
    Synonym(s): licentiousness, wantonness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wind energy facility
n
  1. a power plant that uses wind turbines to generate electricity
    Synonym(s): wind farm, wind park, wind energy facility
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wind instrument
n
  1. a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
    Synonym(s): wind instrument, wind
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wind tunnel
n
  1. a structure resembling a tunnel where air is blown at known velocities for testing parts of aircraft
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
windiness
n
  1. a mildly windy state of the air [syn: breeziness, windiness]
  2. boring verbosity
    Synonym(s): prolixity, prolixness, windiness, long-windedness, wordiness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
winding
adj
  1. marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track"
    Synonym(s): tortuous, twisting, twisty, winding, voluminous
  2. of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"
    Synonym(s): meandering(a), rambling, wandering(a), winding
n
  1. the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"
    Synonym(s): wind, winding, twist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
winding-clothes
n
  1. burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped [syn: pall, shroud, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
winding-sheet
n
  1. burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped [syn: pall, shroud, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
windmill
n
  1. a mill that is powered by the wind
  2. generator that extracts usable energy from winds
    Synonym(s): windmill, aerogenerator, wind generator
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
windmill grass
n
  1. perennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmill
    Synonym(s): windmill grass, creeping windmill grass, star grass, Chloris truncata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
window envelope
n
  1. an envelope with a transparent panel that reveals the address on the enclosure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Wintun
n
  1. a member of a North American Indian people living in the Sacramento valley in California
  2. a Copehan language spoken by the Wintun
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
won ton
n
  1. a Chinese dumpling filled with spiced minced pork; usually served in soup
    Synonym(s): won ton, wonton
  2. a soup with won ton dumplings
    Synonym(s): won ton, wonton, wonton soup
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wonton
n
  1. a Chinese dumpling filled with spiced minced pork; usually served in soup
    Synonym(s): won ton, wonton
  2. a soup with won ton dumplings
    Synonym(s): won ton, wonton, wonton soup
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wonton soup
n
  1. a soup with won ton dumplings [syn: won ton, wonton, wonton soup]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wound tumor virus
n
  1. a tumor virus transmitted by leafhoppers [syn: {wound tumor virus}, WTV]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wounding
adj
  1. causing physical or especially psychological injury; "a stabbing remark"; "wounding and false charges of disloyalty"
    Synonym(s): stabbing, wounding
n
  1. the act of inflicting a wound
    Synonym(s): wound, wounding
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Want \Want\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wanted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Wanting}.]
      1. To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to
            have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to
            want learning; to want food and clothing.
  
                     They that want honesty, want anything. --Beau. & Fl.
  
                     Nor think, though men were none, That heaven would
                     want spectators, God want praise.      --Milton.
  
                     The unhappy never want enemies.         --Richardson.
  
      2. To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to
            require; to need; as, in winter we want a fire; in summer
            we want cooling breezes.
  
      3. To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave.
            [bd] What wants my son?[b8] --Addison.
  
                     I want to speak to you about something. --A.
                                                                              Trollope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wanting \Want"ing\, a.
      Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy;
      as, one of the twelve is wanting; I shall not be wanting in
      exertion.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wanton \Wan"ton\, a. [OE. wantoun, contr. from wantowen; pref.
      wan- wanting (see {Wane}, v. i.), hence expressing negation +
      towen, p. p., AS. togen, p. p. of te[a2]n to draw, to
      educate, bring up; hence, properly, ill bred. See {Tug}, v.
      t.]
      1. Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose;
            free; luxuriant; roving; sportive. [bd]In woods and wanton
            wilderness.[b8] --Spenser. [bd]A wild and wanton herd.[b8]
            --Shak.
  
                     A wanton and a merry [friar].            --Chaucer.
  
                     [She] her unadorned golden tresses wore Disheveled,
                     but in wanton ringlets waved.            --Milton.
  
                     How does your tongue grow wanton in her praise!
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      2. Wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute.
            [bd]Men grown wanton by prosperity.[b8] --Roscommon.
  
      3. Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd;
            lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous.
  
                     Not with wanton looking of folly.      --Chaucer.
  
                     [Thou art] froward by nature, enemy to peace,
                     Lascivious, wanton.                           --Shak.
  
      4. Reckless; heedless; as, wanton mischief.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wanton \Wan"ton\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wantoned}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Wantoning}.]
      1. To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to
            revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
  
                     Nature here wantoned as in her prime. --Milton.
  
                     How merrily we would sally into the fields, and
                     strip under the first warmth of the sun, and wanton
                     like young dace in the streams!         --Lamb.
  
      2. To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play
            lasciviously.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wanton \Wan"ton\, v. t.
      To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness.
      [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wanton \Wan"ton\, n.
      1. A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a
            term of endearment.
  
                     I am afeard you make a wanton of me.   --Shak.
  
                     Peace, my wantons; he will do More than you can aim
                     unto.                                                --B. Jonson.
  
      2. One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet.
  
                     Anything, sir, That's dry and wholesome; I am no
                     bred wanton.                                       --Beau. & Fl.
  
      3. A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wanton \Wan"ton\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wantoned}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Wantoning}.]
      1. To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to
            revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
  
                     Nature here wantoned as in her prime. --Milton.
  
                     How merrily we would sally into the fields, and
                     strip under the first warmth of the sun, and wanton
                     like young dace in the streams!         --Lamb.
  
      2. To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play
            lasciviously.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wanton \Wan"ton\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wantoned}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Wantoning}.]
      1. To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to
            revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
  
                     Nature here wantoned as in her prime. --Milton.
  
                     How merrily we would sally into the fields, and
                     strip under the first warmth of the sun, and wanton
                     like young dace in the streams!         --Lamb.
  
      2. To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play
            lasciviously.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wantonize \Wan"ton*ize\, v. i.
      To behave wantonly; to frolic; to wanton. [R.] --Lamb.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wantonly \Wan"ton*ly\, adv.
      1. In a wanton manner; without regularity or restraint;
            loosely; sportively; gayly; playfully; recklessly;
            lasciviously.
  
      2. Unintentionally; accidentally. [Obs.] --J. Dee.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wantonness \Wan"ton*ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of
      restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness.
      --Gower.
  
               The tumults threatened to abuse all acts of grace, and
               turn them into wantonness.                     --Eikon
                                                                              Basilike.
  
               Young gentlemen would be as sad as night Only for
               wantonness.                                             --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Weanedness \Wean"ed*ness\, n.
      Quality or state of being weaned.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wend \Wend\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wended}, Obs. {Went}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Wending}.] [AS. wendan to turn, to go, caus. of
      windan to wind; akin to OS. wendian, OFries. wenda, D. wenden
      to turn, G. wenden, Icel. venda, Sw. v[84]nda, Dan. vende,
      Goth. wandjan. See {Wind} to turn, and cf. {Went}.]
      1. To go; to pass; to betake one's self. [bd]To Canterbury
            they wend.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                     To Athens shall the lovers wend.         --Shak.
  
      2. To turn round. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Windiness \Wind"i*ness\, n.
      1. The quality or state of being windy or tempestuous; as,
            the windiness of the weather or the season.
  
      2. Fullness of wind; flatulence.
  
      3. Tendency to generate wind or gas; tendency to produce
            flatulence; as, the windiness of vegetables.
  
      4. Tumor; puffiness.
  
                     The swelling windiness of much knowledge.
                                                                              --Brerewood.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wind \Wind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wound} (wound) (rarely
      {Winded}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Winding}.] [OE. winden, AS.
      windan; akin to OS. windan, D. & G. winden, OHG. wintan,
      Icel. & Sw. vinda, Dan. vinde, Goth. windan (in comp.). Cf.
      {Wander}, {Wend}.]
      1. To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to
            turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions
            about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe;
            as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball.
  
                     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. [bd]To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus.[b8] --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.
                  [bd]Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore
                  years.[b8] --Dryden. [bd]Thus they wound up his temper
                  to a pitch.[b8] --Atterbury.
            (d) To tighten (the strings) of a musical instrument, so
                  as to tune it. [bd]Wind up the slackened strings of
                  thy lute.[b8] --Waller.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wind \Wind\, v. t. [From {Wind}, moving air, but confused in
      sense and in conjugation with wind to turn.] [imp. & p. p.
      {Wound} (wound), R. {Winded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Winding}.]
      To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged
      and mutually involved notes. [bd]Hunters who wound their
      horns.[b8] --Pennant.
  
               Ye vigorous swains, while youth ferments your blood, .
               . . Wind the shrill horn.                        --Pope.
  
               That blast was winded by the king.         --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wind \Wind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Winded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Winding}.]
      1. To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
  
      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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Winding \Wind"ing\, n. [From {Wind} to blow.] (Naut.)
      A call by the boatswain's whistle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Winding \Wind"ing\, a. [From {Wind} to twist.]
      Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.
      --Keble.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Winding \Wind"ing\, n.
      A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the
      windings of a road or stream.
  
               To nurse the saplings tall, and curl the grove With
               ringlets quaint, and wanton windings wove. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Winding \Wind"ing\, n.
      The material, as wire or rope, wound or coiled about
      anything, or a single round or turn of the material; as
      (Elec.), a series winding, or one in which the armature coil,
      the field-magnet coil, and the external circuit form a
      continuous conductor; a shunt winding, or one of such a
      character that the armature current is divided, a portion of
      the current being led around the field-magnet coils.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Out of harm's way}, beyond the danger limit; in a safe
            place.
  
      {Out of joint}, not in proper connection or adjustment;
            unhinged; disordered. [bd]The time is out of joint.[b8]
            --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).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wind \Wind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wound} (wound) (rarely
      {Winded}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Winding}.] [OE. winden, AS.
      windan; akin to OS. windan, D. & G. winden, OHG. wintan,
      Icel. & Sw. vinda, Dan. vinde, Goth. windan (in comp.). Cf.
      {Wander}, {Wend}.]
      1. To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to
            turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions
            about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe;
            as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball.
  
                     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. [bd]To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus.[b8] --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.
                  [bd]Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore
                  years.[b8] --Dryden. [bd]Thus they wound up his temper
                  to a pitch.[b8] --Atterbury.
            (d) To tighten (the strings) of a musical instrument, so
                  as to tune it. [bd]Wind up the slackened strings of
                  thy lute.[b8] --Waller.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wind \Wind\, v. t. [From {Wind}, moving air, but confused in
      sense and in conjugation with wind to turn.] [imp. & p. p.
      {Wound} (wound), R. {Winded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Winding}.]
      To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged
      and mutually involved notes. [bd]Hunters who wound their
      horns.[b8] --Pennant.
  
               Ye vigorous swains, while youth ferments your blood, .
               . . Wind the shrill horn.                        --Pope.
  
               That blast was winded by the king.         --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wind \Wind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Winded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Winding}.]
      1. To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
  
      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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Winding \Wind"ing\, n. [From {Wind} to blow.] (Naut.)
      A call by the boatswain's whistle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Winding \Wind"ing\, a. [From {Wind} to twist.]
      Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.
      --Keble.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Winding \Wind"ing\, n.
      A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the
      windings of a road or stream.
  
               To nurse the saplings tall, and curl the grove With
               ringlets quaint, and wanton windings wove. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Winding \Wind"ing\, n.
      The material, as wire or rope, wound or coiled about
      anything, or a single round or turn of the material; as
      (Elec.), a series winding, or one in which the armature coil,
      the field-magnet coil, and the external circuit form a
      continuous conductor; a shunt winding, or one of such a
      character that the armature current is divided, a portion of
      the current being led around the field-magnet coils.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Out of harm's way}, beyond the danger limit; in a safe
            place.
  
      {Out of joint}, not in proper connection or adjustment;
            unhinged; disordered. [bd]The time is out of joint.[b8]
            --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).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Winding engine}, an engine employed in mining to draw up
            buckets from a deep pit; a hoisting engine.
  
      {Winding sheet}, a sheet in which a corpse is wound or
            wrapped.
  
      {Winding tackle} (Naut.), a tackle consisting of a fixed
            triple block, and a double or triple movable block, used
            for hoisting heavy articles in or out of a vessel.
            --Totten.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Winding engine}, an engine employed in mining to draw up
            buckets from a deep pit; a hoisting engine.
  
      {Winding sheet}, a sheet in which a corpse is wound or
            wrapped.
  
      {Winding tackle} (Naut.), a tackle consisting of a fixed
            triple block, and a double or triple movable block, used
            for hoisting heavy articles in or out of a vessel.
            --Totten.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Winding engine}, an engine employed in mining to draw up
            buckets from a deep pit; a hoisting engine.
  
      {Winding sheet}, a sheet in which a corpse is wound or
            wrapped.
  
      {Winding tackle} (Naut.), a tackle consisting of a fixed
            triple block, and a double or triple movable block, used
            for hoisting heavy articles in or out of a vessel.
            --Totten.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Windingly \Wind"ing*ly\, adv.
      In a winding manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Windmill \Wind"mill`\, n.
      A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the
      action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate
      from a horizontal shaft. --Chaucer.

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]:
   --Simonds.
  
      {House car} (Railroad), a freight car with inclosing sides
            and a roof; a box car.
  
      {House of correction}. See {Correction}.
  
      {House cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a European cricket ({Gryllus
            domesticus}), which frequently lives in houses, between
            the bricks of chimneys and fireplaces. It is noted for the
            loud chirping or stridulation of the males.
  
      {House dog}, a dog kept in or about a dwelling house.
  
      {House finch} (Zo[94]l.), the burion.
  
      {House flag}, a flag denoting the commercial house to which a
            merchant vessel belongs.
  
      {House fly} (Zo[94]l.), a common fly (esp. {Musca
            domestica}), which infests houses both in Europe and
            America. Its larva is a maggot which lives in decaying
            substances or excrement, about sink drains, etc.
  
      {House of God}, a temple or church.
  
      {House of ill fame}. See {Ill fame} under {Ill}, a.
  
      {House martin} (Zo[94]l.), a common European swallow
            ({Hirundo urbica}). It has feathered feet, and builds its
            nests of mud against the walls of buildings. Called also
            {house swallow}, and {window martin}.
  
      {House mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the common mouse ({Mus musculus}).
           
  
      {House physician}, the resident medical adviser of a hospital
            or other public institution.
  
      {House snake} (Zo[94]l.), the milk snake.
  
      {House sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), the common European sparrow
            ({Passer domesticus}). It has recently been introduced
            into America, where it has become very abundant, esp. in
            cities. Called also {thatch sparrow}.
  
      {House spider} (Zo[94]l.), any spider which habitually lives
            in houses. Among the most common species are {Theridium
            tepidariorum} and {Tegenaria domestica}.
  
      {House surgeon}, the resident surgeon of a hospital.
  
      {House wren} (Zo[94]l.), the common wren of the Eastern
            United States ({Troglodytes a[89]don}). It is common about
            houses and in gardens, and is noted for its vivacity, and
            loud musical notes. See {Wren}.
  
      {Religious house}, a monastery or convent.
  
      {The White House}, the official residence of the President of
            the United States; -- hence, colloquially, the office of
            President.

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]:
   --Simonds.
  
      {House car} (Railroad), a freight car with inclosing sides
            and a roof; a box car.
  
      {House of correction}. See {Correction}.
  
      {House cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a European cricket ({Gryllus
            domesticus}), which frequently lives in houses, between
            the bricks of chimneys and fireplaces. It is noted for the
            loud chirping or stridulation of the males.
  
      {House dog}, a dog kept in or about a dwelling house.
  
      {House finch} (Zo[94]l.), the burion.
  
      {House flag}, a flag denoting the commercial house to which a
            merchant vessel belongs.
  
      {House fly} (Zo[94]l.), a common fly (esp. {Musca
            domestica}), which infests houses both in Europe and
            America. Its larva is a maggot which lives in decaying
            substances or excrement, about sink drains, etc.
  
      {House of God}, a temple or church.
  
      {House of ill fame}. See {Ill fame} under {Ill}, a.
  
      {House martin} (Zo[94]l.), a common European swallow
            ({Hirundo urbica}). It has feathered feet, and builds its
            nests of mud against the walls of buildings. Called also
            {house swallow}, and {window martin}.
  
      {House mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the common mouse ({Mus musculus}).
           
  
      {House physician}, the resident medical adviser of a hospital
            or other public institution.
  
      {House snake} (Zo[94]l.), the milk snake.
  
      {House sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), the common European sparrow
            ({Passer domesticus}). It has recently been introduced
            into America, where it has become very abundant, esp. in
            cities. Called also {thatch sparrow}.
  
      {House spider} (Zo[94]l.), any spider which habitually lives
            in houses. Among the most common species are {Theridium
            tepidariorum} and {Tegenaria domestica}.
  
      {House surgeon}, the resident surgeon of a hospital.
  
      {House wren} (Zo[94]l.), the common wren of the Eastern
            United States ({Troglodytes a[89]don}). It is common about
            houses and in gardens, and is noted for its vivacity, and
            loud musical notes. See {Wren}.
  
      {Religious house}, a monastery or convent.
  
      {The White House}, the official residence of the President of
            the United States; -- hence, colloquially, the office of
            President.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Window \Win"dow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Windowed}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Windowing}.]
      1. To furnish with windows.
  
      2. To place at or in a window. [R.]
  
                     Wouldst thou be windowed in great Rome and see Thy
                     master thus with pleach'd arms, bending down His
                     corrigible neck?                                 --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wont \Wont\, v. i. [imp. {Wont}, p. p. {Wont}, or {Wonted}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Wonting}.]
      To be accustomed or habituated; to be used.
  
               A yearly solemn feast she wont to make.   --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wound \Wound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wounded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Wounding}.] [AS. wundian. [fb]140. See {Wound}, n.]
      1. To hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of
            parts, in, as by a cut, stab, blow, or the like.
  
                     The archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the
                     archers.                                             --1 Sam. xxxi.
                                                                              3.
  
      2. To hurt the feelings of; to pain by disrespect,
            ingratitude, or the like; to cause injury to.
  
                     When ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their
                     weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. --1 Cor.
                                                                              viii. 12.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Waynetown, IN (town, FIPS 82052)
      Location: 40.08752 N, 87.06555 W
      Population (1990): 911 (405 housing units)
      Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 47990

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Windemere, NC (CDP, FIPS 74630)
      Location: 34.24375 N, 77.84503 W
      Population (1990): 4604 (1807 housing units)
      Area: 9.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Windemere, TX (CDP, FIPS 79676)
      Location: 30.45887 N, 97.64879 W
      Population (1990): 3207 (1255 housing units)
      Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Windham, CT
      Zip code(s): 06280
   Windham, ME
      Zip code(s): 04062
   Windham, NH
      Zip code(s): 03087
   Windham, NY
      Zip code(s): 12496
   Windham, OH (village, FIPS 85946)
      Location: 41.23620 N, 81.03636 W
      Population (1990): 2943 (1328 housing units)
      Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 44288

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Windham County, CT (county, FIPS 15)
      Location: 41.83422 N, 71.98849 W
      Population (1990): 102525 (40599 housing units)
      Area: 1328.2 sq km (land), 22.6 sq km (water)
   Windham County, VT (county, FIPS 25)
      Location: 42.98624 N, 72.71760 W
      Population (1990): 41588 (25796 housing units)
      Area: 2042.9 sq km (land), 24.3 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Winding Falls, KY (city, FIPS 83708)
      Location: 38.28295 N, 85.64376 W
      Population (1990): 657 (214 housing units)
      Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Winding Gulf, WV
      Zip code(s): 25908

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Windmill Point, VA
      Zip code(s): 22578

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Windom, KS (city, FIPS 79850)
      Location: 38.38426 N, 97.91023 W
      Population (1990): 136 (68 housing units)
      Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 67491
   Windom, MN (city, FIPS 70798)
      Location: 43.86946 N, 95.11830 W
      Population (1990): 4283 (1922 housing units)
      Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
   Windom, TX (town, FIPS 79684)
      Location: 33.56440 N, 95.99855 W
      Population (1990): 269 (121 housing units)
      Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 75492

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Winnetoon, NE (village, FIPS 53345)
      Location: 42.51429 N, 97.96139 W
      Population (1990): 59 (30 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68789

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Winton, CA (CDP, FIPS 86076)
      Location: 37.38555 N, 120.61634 W
      Population (1990): 7559 (2242 housing units)
      Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 95388
   Winton, MN (city, FIPS 71140)
      Location: 47.92900 N, 91.80137 W
      Population (1990): 169 (89 housing units)
      Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Winton, NC (town, FIPS 75080)
      Location: 36.38987 N, 76.93610 W
      Population (1990): 796 (359 housing units)
      Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 27986

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wyandanch, NY (CDP, FIPS 83294)
      Location: 40.74660 N, 73.37720 W
      Population (1990): 8950 (2362 housing units)
      Area: 11.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wyndmere, ND (city, FIPS 87740)
      Location: 46.26422 N, 97.13105 W
      Population (1990): 501 (232 housing units)
      Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 58081

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Wyndmoor, PA (CDP, FIPS 86776)
      Location: 40.08325 N, 75.19300 W
      Population (1990): 5682 (2082 housing units)
      Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   window manager
  
      A part of a {window system} which arranges
      windows on a screen.   It is responsible for moving and
      resizing windows, and other such functions common to all
      applications.
  
      Examples from the {X Window System} are {twm}, {gwm}, {olwm}.
  
      (1994-12-06)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   windowing system
  
      {window system}
  
  
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