Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mechanism for drawing or bending a crossbow.
- noun One who winds or sounds a horn.
- noun (win′ dėr). A blow which takes away the breath.
- noun A fan.
- noun One who winds, rolls, or coils: as, a bobbin- winder.
- noun An instrument or a machine for winding thread, etc.
- noun The key or utensil used to wind up the spring-work of a roasting-jack.
- noun A plant that twists itself round others.
- noun A winding-step of a staircase.
- To fan; clean or winnow with a fan: as, to
winder grain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, winds; hence, a creeping or winding plant.
- noun An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like.
- noun (Arch.) One in a flight of steps which are curved in plan, so that each tread is broader at one end than at the other; -- distinguished from
flyer . - verb Prov. Eng. To fan; to clean grain with a fan.
- intransitive verb obsolete To wither; to fail.
- noun Slang A blow taking away the breath.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
textile worker , ormachine , thatwinds cloth - noun A
spool around which something iswound - noun A
key orknob forwinding aclock ,watch orclockwork mechanism - noun One of the
steps of aspiral staircase
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun mechanical device around which something can be wound
- noun mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- noun a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism)
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Examples
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One nice feature of the charkha is that there's a skein winder included.
September 2007 2007
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Here I took the wheels off so you can see the skein winder in situ:
September 2007 2007
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The men pointed and stared for fifteen minutes before the police chief motioned toward a small wishing well protruding from the lower frame of the machine, exclaiming, “The little crank and shaft for the well bucket is the bobbin winder!”
The Safe 2006
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The men pointed and stared for fifteen minutes before the police chief motioned toward a small wishing well protruding from the lower frame of the machine, exclaiming, “The little crank and shaft for the well bucket is the bobbin winder!”
The Safe 2006
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The freeplay radio and flashlight (although bulky) are worthy objects, especially in isolated environments, but the battery winder is one more gadget that I’d rather not have.
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"Well, sir, I won't say anything about the hextry gas, though a poor widder and sevenpence hextry on the thousand, but I'm thinkin 'if you would give my Rosie a lesson once a week on that there pianner, it would be a kind of set-off, for you know, sir, the policeman tells me your winder is a landmark to' im on the foggiest nights."
The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes Israel Zangwill 1895
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"Well, sir, I won't say anything about the hextry gas, though a poor widder and sevenpence hextry on the thousand, but I'm thinkin 'if you would give my Rosie a lesson once a week on that there pianner, it would be a kind of set-off, for you know, sir, the policeman tells me your winder is a landmark to' im on the foggiest nights."
Merely Mary Ann Israel Zangwill 1895
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Pardon the hyphen in wind-er, without it, on the page, it becomes winder which is a completely different word.
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The communists obtained at least two complete AlM-9s early in the 'winder's career and copied the design reasonably well.
On Yankee Station Nichols, Tillman 1988
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This kind of winder is unsuited for reeling in a string on which there is a heavy pull, as the hands are working at a great disadvantage at certain points of a revolution.
Things To Make Archibald Williams
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