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Webster 1913 Edition

Winding

Wind′ing

,
Noun.
[From
Wind
to blow.]
(Naut.)
A call by the boatswain’s whistle.

Wind′ing

,
Adj.
[From
Wind
to twist.]
Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.
Keble.

Wind′ing

,
Noun.
1.
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.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Winding

WINDING

,
ppr.
1.
Turning; binding about; bending.
2.
a. Bending; twisting from a direct line or an even surface.

WINDING

,
Noun.
1.
A turn or turning; a bend; flexure; meander; as the windings of a road or stream.
2.
A call by the boastswains whistle.

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