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    Wind \Wind\ (w[i^]nd, in poetry and singing often w[imac]nd;
    277), n. [AS. wind; akin to OS., OFries., D., & G. wind, OHG.
    wint, Dan. & Sw. vind, Icel. vindr, Goth winds, W. gwynt, L.
    ventus, Skr. v[=a]ta (cf. Gr. 'ah`ths a blast, gale, 'ah^nai
    to breathe hard, to blow, as the wind); originally a p. pr.
    from the verb seen in Skr. v[=a] to blow, akin to AS.
    w[=a]wan, D. waaijen, G. wehen, OHG. w[=a]en, w[=a]jen, Goth.
    waian. [root]131. Cf. {Air}, {Ventail}, {Ventilate},
    {Window}, {Winnow}.]
    1. Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a
    current of air.

    Except wind stands as never it stood,
    It is an ill wind that turns none to good. --Tusser.

    Winds were soft, and woods were green. --Longfellow.

    2. Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as,
    the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.

    3. Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or
    by an instrument.

    Their instruments were various in their kind,
    Some for the bow, and some for breathing wind.
    --Dryden.

    4. Power of respiration; breath.

    If my wind were but long enough to say my prayers, I
    would repent. --Shak.

    5. Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence;
    as, to be troubled with wind.

    6. Air impregnated with an odor or scent.

    A pack of dogfish had him in the wind. --Swift.

    7. A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the
    compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are
    often called the four winds.

    Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon
    these slain. --Ezek.
    xxxvii. 9.

    Note: This sense seems to have had its origin in the East.
    The Hebrews gave to each of the four cardinal points
    the name of wind.

    8. (Far.) A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are
    distended with air, or rather affected with a violent
    inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.

    9. Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.

    Nor think thou with wind
    Of airy threats to awe. --Milton.

    10. (Zo["o]l.) The dotterel. [Prov. Eng.]

    11. (Boxing) The region of the pit of the stomach, where a
    blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss
    of breath or other injury; the mark. [Slang or Cant]
    [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

    Note: Wind is often used adjectively, or as the first part of
    compound words.

    {All in the wind}. (Naut.) See under {All}, n.

    {Before the wind}. (Naut.) See under {Before}.

    {Between wind and water} (Naut.), in that part of a ship's
    side or bottom which is frequently brought above water by
    the rolling of the ship, or fluctuation of the water's
    surface. Hence, colloquially, (as an injury to that part
    of a vessel, in an engagement, is particularly dangerous)
    the vulnerable part or point of anything.

    {Cardinal winds}. See under {Cardinal}, a.

    {Down the wind}.
    (a) In the direction of, and moving with, the wind; as,
    birds fly swiftly down the wind.
    (b) Decaying; declining; in a state of decay. [Obs.] ``He
    went down the wind still.'' --L'Estrange.

    {In the wind's eye} (Naut.), directly toward the point from
    which the wind blows.

    {Three sheets in the wind}, unsteady from drink. [Sailors'
    Slang]

    {To be in the wind}, to be suggested or expected; to be a
    matter of suspicion or surmise. [Colloq.]

    {To carry the wind} (Man.), to toss the nose as high as the
    ears, as a horse.

    {To raise the wind}, to procure money. [Colloq.]

    {To take the wind} or {To have the wind}, to gain or have the
    advantage. --Bacon.

    {To take the wind out of one's sails}, to cause one to stop,
    or lose way, as when a vessel intercepts the wind of
    another; to cause one to lose enthusiasm, or momentum in
    an activity. [Colloq.]

    {To take wind}, or {To get wind}, to be divulged; to become
    public; as, the story got wind, or took wind.

    {Wind band} (Mus.), a band of wind instruments; a military
    band; the wind instruments of an orchestra.

    {Wind chest} (Mus.), a chest or reservoir of wind in an
    organ.

    {Wind dropsy}. (Med.)
    (a) Tympanites.
    (b) Emphysema of the subcutaneous areolar tissue.

    {Wind egg}, an imperfect, unimpregnated, or addled egg.

    {Wind furnace}. See the Note under {Furnace}.

    {Wind gauge}. See under {Gauge}.

    {Wind gun}. Same as {Air gun}.

    {Wind hatch} (Mining), the opening or place where the ore is
    taken out of the earth.

    {Wind instrument} (Mus.), an instrument of music sounded by
    means of wind, especially by means of the breath, as a
    flute, a clarinet, etc.

    {Wind pump}, a pump moved by a windmill.

    {Wind rose}, a table of the points of the compass, giving the
    states of the barometer, etc., connected with winds from
    the different directions.

    {Wind sail}.
    (a) (Naut.) A wide tube or funnel of canvas, used to
    convey a stream of air for ventilation into the lower
    compartments of a vessel.
    (b) The sail or vane of a windmill.

    {Wind shake}, a crack or incoherence in timber produced by
    violent winds while the timber was growing.

    {Wind shock}, a wind shake.

    {Wind side}, the side next the wind; the windward side. [R.]
    --Mrs. Browning.

    {Wind rush} (Zo["o]l.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.]

    {Wind wheel}, a motor consisting of a wheel moved by wind.

    {Wood wind} (Mus.), the flutes and reed instruments of an
    orchestra, collectively.

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