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Webster 1913 Edition
Windfall
Wind′fallˊ
,Noun.
1.
Anything blown down or off by the wind, as fruit from a tree, or the tree itself, or a portion of a forest prostrated by a violent wind, etc.
“They became a windfall upon the sudden.” Bacon.
2.
An unexpected legacy, or other gain.
He had a mighty
windfall
out of doubt. B. Jonson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Windfall
WINDFALL
,Noun.
1.
Fruit blown off the tree by wind.2.
An unexpected legacy.