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Chinese windlassWindlass Wind"lass, n. [OE. windelas, windas, Icel.
vindil[=a]ss, vind[=a]s, fr. vinda to wind + [=a]ss a pole;
cf. Goth. ans a beam. See Wind to turn.]
1. A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal
cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a
crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or
chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is
often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor.
It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by
hand or steam.
2. An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending
the bow of an arblast, or crossbow. [Obs.] --Shak.
Chinese windlass. See Differential windlass, under
Differential. Dwindle
Dwindle Dwin"dle, v. t.
1. To make less; to bring low.
Our drooping days are dwindled down to naught.
--Thomson.
2. To break; to disperse. [R.] --Clarendon.
Dwindle
Dwindle Dwin"dle, n.
The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy.
[R.] --Johnson.
DwindleDwindle Dwin"dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dwindled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Dwindling.] [From OE. dwinen to languish, waste away,
AS. dw[=i]nan; akin to LG. dwinen, D. dwijnen to vanish,
Icel. dv[=i]na to cease, dwindle, Sw. tvina; of uncertain
origin. The suffix -le, preceded by d excrescent after n, is
added to the root with a diminutive force.]
To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume
away; to become degenerate; to fall away.
Weary sennights nine times nine Shall he dwindle, peak
and pine. --Shak.
Religious societies, though begun with excellent
intentions, are said to have dwindled into factious
clubs. --Swift. DwindledDwindle Dwin"dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dwindled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Dwindling.] [From OE. dwinen to languish, waste away,
AS. dw[=i]nan; akin to LG. dwinen, D. dwijnen to vanish,
Icel. dv[=i]na to cease, dwindle, Sw. tvina; of uncertain
origin. The suffix -le, preceded by d excrescent after n, is
added to the root with a diminutive force.]
To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume
away; to become degenerate; to fall away.
Weary sennights nine times nine Shall he dwindle, peak
and pine. --Shak.
Religious societies, though begun with excellent
intentions, are said to have dwindled into factious
clubs. --Swift. Dwindlement
Dwindlement Dwin"dle*ment, n.
The act or process of dwindling; a dwindling. [R.] --Mrs.
Oliphant.
DwindlingDwindle Dwin"dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dwindled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Dwindling.] [From OE. dwinen to languish, waste away,
AS. dw[=i]nan; akin to LG. dwinen, D. dwijnen to vanish,
Icel. dv[=i]na to cease, dwindle, Sw. tvina; of uncertain
origin. The suffix -le, preceded by d excrescent after n, is
added to the root with a diminutive force.]
To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume
away; to become degenerate; to fall away.
Weary sennights nine times nine Shall he dwindle, peak
and pine. --Shak.
Religious societies, though begun with excellent
intentions, are said to have dwindled into factious
clubs. --Swift. Spanish windlassSpanish Span"ish, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant (Yucca
alorifolia) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.
Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.
Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.
Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub (Spartium
junceum) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.
Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.
Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.
Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A double Spanish burton has one double and two
single blocks. --Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).
Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.
Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant (lepidium
Cadamines), a species of peppergrass.
Spanish curiew (Zo["o]l.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]
Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.
Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree (Cordia
Gerascanthus) furnishing hard and useful timber.
Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.
Spanish flag (Zo["o]l.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.
Spanish fly (Zo["o]l.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.
Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.
Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.
Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.
Spanish leather. See Cordwain.
Spanish mackerel. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.
Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.
Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia.
Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed (Bidens
bipinnata) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.
Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.
Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.
Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.
Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.
Spanish sheep (Zo["o]l.), a merino.
Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.
Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever. SwindleSwindle Swin"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swindled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Swindling.] [See Swindler.]
To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to
swindle a man out of his property.
Lammote . . . has swindled one of them out of three
hundred livres. --Carlyle. Swindle
Swindle Swin"dle, n.
The act or process of swindling; a cheat.
SwindledSwindle Swin"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swindled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Swindling.] [See Swindler.]
To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to
swindle a man out of his property.
Lammote . . . has swindled one of them out of three
hundred livres. --Carlyle. Swindlery
Swindlery Swin"dler*y, n.
Swindling; rougery. [R.] ``Swindlery and blackguardism.'
--Carlyle.
SwindlingSwindle Swin"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swindled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Swindling.] [See Swindler.]
To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to
swindle a man out of his property.
Lammote . . . has swindled one of them out of three
hundred livres. --Carlyle. WindlaceWindlace Wind"lace, n. & v.
See Windlass. [Obs.]
Two arblasts, . . . with windlaces and quarrels. --Sir
W. Scott. Windlass
Windlass Wind"lass, n.[Perhaps from wind to turn + lace.]
A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course; a shift.
Windlass
Windlass Wind"lass, v. i.
To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect
means. [Obs.] --Hammond.
WindlassWindlass Wind"lass, n. [OE. windelas, windas, Icel.
vindil[=a]ss, vind[=a]s, fr. vinda to wind + [=a]ss a pole;
cf. Goth. ans a beam. See Wind to turn.]
1. A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal
cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a
crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or
chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is
often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor.
It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by
hand or steam.
2. An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending
the bow of an arblast, or crossbow. [Obs.] --Shak.
Chinese windlass. See Differential windlass, under
Differential. Windlass
Windlass Wind"lass, v. t. & i.
To raise with, or as with, a windlass; to use a windlass.
--The Century.
WindleWindle Win"dle, n. [From Wind to turn.]
1. A spindle; a kind of reel; a winch.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The redwing. [Prov. Eng.] Windless
Windless Wind"less, a.
1. Having no wind; calm.
2. Wanting wind; out of breath.
WindlestraeWindlestrae Win"dle*strae`, Windlestraw Win"dle*straw`, n.
(Bot.)
A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, esp. Agrostis
Spica-ventis. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Shelley. WindlestrawWindlestrae Win"dle*strae`, Windlestraw Win"dle*straw`, n.
(Bot.)
A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, esp. Agrostis
Spica-ventis. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Shelley.
Meaning of Windl from wikipedia
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Terri Windling (born
December 3, 1958, in Fort Dix, New Jersey) is an
American editor, artist, essayist, and the
author of
books for both
children and...
- den
linearbandkeramischen Skelettresten von Asparn/Schletz. In:
Helmut Windl (Publisher): Rätsel um
Gewalt und Tod vor 7000 Jahren: eine Spurensicherung...
- tend to
congregate into
communities filled with
their own kind.
Windling: The
windlings are small,
winged humanoids;
similar to many
depictions of fae...
- and was a
finalist with
Nevernever (1993); both
books are set in
Terri Windling's The
Borderland Series shared universe. He has also
written short stories...
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Constantine and
Lockwood (1999); see also
Constantine (1996) See, for example,
Windl (2002) and
Strope (2003)
Constantine L.
Activity Modeling:
Toward a Pragmatic...
- 2010. It
mainly consists of
villas and
terraced houses,
grouped along a
windling coastline with many islands. Dark
Tranquillity In
Flames Greater Gothenburg...
- (1982),
edited by
Terri Windling and Mark Alan Arnold, with "The Healer" Elsewhere,
Volume III (1984),
edited by
Terri Windling and Mark Alan Arnold, with...
-
Terri Windling to
describe their own work; de Lint has said that it fit
because of its
resonances and
because it
could reach a
wider audience.
Windling promoted...
- city
structure are
cobbled streets with
small houses and
shops by
small windling street. Anna
Maria Lenngren, a
Swedish poet, once
proclaimed "Så liten...
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Windling,
Terri (1995). "Beauty and the Beast".
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original on 15
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