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Webster 1913 Edition

Windy

Wind′y

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Windier
;
sup
erl.
Windiest
.]
[AS.
windig
.]
1.
Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind.
“The windy hill.”
M. Arnold.
Blown with the
windy
tempest of my heart.
Shakespeare
2.
Next the wind; windward.
It keeps on the
windy
side of care.
Shakespeare
3.
Tempestuous; boisterous;
as,
windy
weather
.
4.
Serving to occasion wind or gas in the intestines; flatulent;
as,
windy
food
.
5.
Attended or caused by wind, or gas, in the intestines.
“A windy colic.”
Arbuthnot.
6.
Fig.: Empty; airy.
“Windy joy.”
Milton.
Here’s that
windy
applause, that poor, transitory pleasure, for which I was dishonored.
South.

Webster 1828 Edition

Windy

WINDY

,
Adj.
1.
Consisting of wind; as a windy tempest.
2.
Next the wind; as the windy side.
3.
Tempestuous; boisterous; as windy weather.
4.
Puffy; flatulent; abounding with wind.
5.
Empty; airy; as windy joy.

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