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Webster 1913 Edition
Winder
1.
One who, or that which, winds; hence, a creeping or winding plant.
2.
An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like.
3.
(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.
Wind′er
,Verb.
T.
& I.
[Prov. E.
winder
a fan, and to winnow. [GREEK]. Cf. Winnow
.] To fan; to clean grain with a fan.
[Prov. Eng.]
Wind′er
,Noun.
A blow taking away the breath.
[Slang]
Wind′er
,Verb.
I.
To wither; to fail.
[Obs.]
Holland.
Webster 1828 Edition
Winder
WINDER
,Verb.
T.
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English
Noun
winder (plural winders)
- A textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth
- A spool around which something is wound
- A key or knob for winding a clock, watch or clockwork mechanism
- One of the steps of a spiral staircase (as opposed to a flyer, or straight step).
Etymology 2
Noun
winder (plural winders)
- (slang) A blow that winds somebody, or takes away their breath.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 8
- "Well!" exclaimed the miner. "That's a winder." He considered it a moment, said "H'm!" and proceeded with his dinner. Suddenly his face contracted with wrath. "I hope he may never set foot i' my house again," he said.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 8
Etymology 3
Related to winnow.
Verb
winder (third-person singular simple present winders, present participle windering, simple past and past participle windered)
- To fan; to clean grain with a fan.
Etymology 4
Noun
winder (plural winders)
- Eye dialect spelling of window.
- 1868, Ann Sophia Stephens, Doubly False
- That accounts for my having the dress, but it don't account for the piece that you left sticking to the rose-bush under Mrs. Lander's bed-room winder, which piece I took off that morning, and which piece I matched with the dress after you pitched it at me over them bannisters […]
- 1868, Ann Sophia Stephens, Doubly False