Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter W - Page 31
Willet (n.) (Zool.) 【鳥】（北美產之）鷸類，白羽鷸 A large North American snipe ({Symphemia semipalmata); -- called also pill-willet, will-willet, semipalmated tattler, or snipe, duck snipe, and stone curlew.
Carolina willet, The Hudsonian godwit.
Willet (n.) Large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts [syn: willet, Catoptrophorus semipalmatus].
Willful (a.) Of set purpose; self-determined; voluntary; as, willful murder. -- Foxe.
In willful poverty chose to lead his life. -- Chaucer.
Thou to me Art all things under heaven, all places thou, Who, for my willful crime, art banished hence. -- Milton.
Willful (a.) Governed by the will without yielding to reason; obstinate; perverse; inflexible; stubborn; refractory; as, a willful man or horse. -- Will"ful*ly, adv. -- Will"ful*ness, n.
Willful (a.) Done by design; "the insult was intentional"; "willful disobedience" [syn: willful, wilful].
Willful (a.) Habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition [syn: froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilful].
Willier (n.) One who works at a willying machine.
Willing (a.) Free to do or to grant; having the mind inclined; not opposed in mind; not choosing to refuse; disposed; not averse; desirous; consenting; complying; ready.
Felix, willing to show the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound. -- Acts xxiv. 27.
With wearied wings and willing feet. -- Milton.
[Fruit] shaken in August from the willing boughs. -- Bryant.
Willing (a.) Received of choice, or without reluctance; submitted to voluntarily; chosen; desired.
[They] are held, with his melodious harmony, In willing chains and sweet captivity. -- Milton.
Willing (a.) Spontaneous; self-moved. [R.]
No spouts of blood run willing from a tree. -- Dryden.
Willing (a.) Disposed or inclined toward; "a willing participant"; "willing helpers" [ant: unwilling].
Willing (a.) Not brought about by coercion or force; "the confession was uncoerced" [syn: uncoerced, unforced, willing].
Willing (n.) The act of making a choice; "followed my father of my own volition" [syn: volition, willing].
Willingly (adv.) In a willing manner; with free will; without reluctance; cheerfully. -- Chaucer.
The condition of that people is not so much to be envied as some would willingly represent it. -- Addison.
Willingly (adv.) In a willing manner; "I willingly accept" [syn: willingly, volitionally] [ant: unwillingly].
Willingness (n.) 自願；樂意 [U] The quality or state of being willing; free choice or consent of the will; freedom from reluctance; readiness of the mind to do or forbear.
Sweet is the love which comes with willingness. -- Dryden. Williwaw
Willingness (n.) Cheerful compliance; "he expressed his willingness to help" [ant: {involuntariness}, {unwillingness}].
Williwaw (n.) Alt. of Willywaw.
Willywaw (n.) (Naut.) A whirlwind, or whirlwind squall, encountered in the Straits of Magellan. -- W. C. Russell.
Willock (n.) (Zool.) The common guillemot.
Willock (n.) (Zool.) The puffin. [Prov. Eng.]
Compare: Ignis fatuus
Ignis fatuus (pl. Ignes fatui.) A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the decomposition of animal or vegetable substances, or by some inflammable gas; -- popularly called also Will-with-the-wisp, or Will-o'-the-wisp, and Jack-with-a-lantern, or Jack-o'-lantern. It is thought by some to be caused by phosphine, PH3, a spontaneously combustible gas.
Will o'the Wisp -- which also rejoices in the names of Ignis Fatuus or Jack o'Lantern -- is not, as some of you may think, a cartoon character. In mediaeval times this chemical phenomenon struck terror into travellers and, very likely, lured some of them to their deaths in a stinking and marshy grave.
I have never seen this Will o'the Wisp; nor am I likely to do so. It is a flickering flame seen over marshes; marshes are not now common in London, nor indeed anywhere else in Britain. In any case the ephemeral nature of the phenomenon and the enormous amount of ambient light [ldqo]pollution[rdqo] found in most areas means that most of us will never see it.
What is this Will o'the Wisp? Popular chemical lore has it that it is marsh gas, or methane, which catches fire when it hits the air because of the presence of either phosphine ({PH3) or diphosphine ({P2H4) in the gas, both of which are spontaneously flammable in air. Methane is certainly formed in marshes, and bubbles up if the mud is disturbed in a pond, say. It is the same reaction that enables organic materials to produce biogas, methane from the decomposition of sewage, which can be profitably used. But is it this that is burning in Will o'the Wisp?
Almost certainly not. At this point I will say that I have thought for some years off and on as to how one might set up an experiment to test the hypotheses, since the sporadic and rare nature of the natural version renders its investigation a highly intractable problem. However: the combustion of methane under the conditions in a marsh would give a yellow flame, and heat.
Will o'the Wisp is not like this, so it is said.
Firstly the flame is bluish, not yellow, and it is said to be a cold flame. The colour and the temperature suggests some sort of phosphorescence; since organic material contain phosphorus, the production of phosphine or diphosphine is scarcely impossible, and maybe it does oxidise via a mainly chemiluminescent reaction. The exact nature of the Will o'the Wisp reaction nevertheless remains, to me at any rate, a mystery. Similar phenomena have been reported in graveyards and are known as corpse candles. If anyone knows anything more, I would love to hear of it. A warning that if you look for it on the Web, you will get a great deal of bizarre stuff.
You will also get the delightful picture from a Canadian artist which decorates the top of this page, and a couple of poems at least. One is also by a Canadian, Annie Campbell Huestis, the other by the prolific fantasy poet Walter de la Mare.
The preparation of phosphine in the laboratory (by the teacher!) is fun, and perfectly safe in a fume cupboard. White phosphorus is boiled with aqueous sodium hydroxide solution in an apparatus from which all air must have been removed by purging with, say, natural gas. The phosphine will form marvelous smoke rings if allowed to bubble up through water in a pneumatic trough. This is an experiment for the teacher, needless to say. The experiment is described in Partington J.R., [ldqo]A Textbook of Inorganic Chemistry[rdqo], 6th ed, Macmillan 1957, p 572. (So, inter alia, is a great deal of other interesting chemistry.)
Dr. Rod Beavon 17 Dean's Yard London SW1P 3PB e-mail: rod.beavon@westminster.org.uk
Ignis fatuus, () Fig.: A misleading influence; a decoy.
Scared and guided by the ignis fatuus of popular superstition. -- Jer. Taylor.
Ignis fatuus (n.) A pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground [syn: friar's lantern, ignis fatuus, jack-o'-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp].
Ignis fatuus (n.) An illusion that misleads [syn: will-o'-the-wisp, ignis fatuus].
Will-o'-the-wisp (n.) See Ignis fatuus and phosphine.
Willow (n.) (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. "A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight." Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow.
And I must wear the willow garland For him that's dead or false to me. -- Campbell.
Willow (n.) (Textile Manuf.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil.
Almond willow, Pussy willow, Weeping willow. (Bot.) See under Almond, Pussy, and Weeping.
Willow
biter (Zool.)
The blue tit. [Prov. Eng.]
Willow fly (Zool.), A greenish European stone fly ({Chloroperla
viridis); -- called also yellow Sally.
Willow gall (Zool.), A conical, scaly gall produced on willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ({Cecidomyia
strobiloides).
Willow grouse (Zool.), The white ptarmigan. See ptarmigan.
Willow lark (Zool.), The sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.]
Willow ptarmigan (Zool.) (a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting. See under Reed.
Willow ptarmigan (Zool.) (b) A sparrow ({Passer salicicolus) native of Asia, Africa, and Southern Europe.
Willow tea, The prepared leaves of a species of willow largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for tea. -- McElrath.
Willow thrush (Zool.), A variety of the veery, or Wilson's thrush. See Veery.
Willow warbler (Zool.), A very small European warbler ({Phylloscopus trochilus); -- called also bee bird, haybird, golden wren, pettychaps, sweet William, Tom Thumb, and willow wren.
Willow (v. t.) To open and
cleanse, as cotton, flax, or wool, by means of a willow. See
Willow (n.) Any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix [syn: willow, willow tree].
Willow (n.) A textile machine having a system of revolving spikes for opening and cleaning raw textile fibers.
Willow, AK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska
Population (2000): 1658
Housing Units (2000): 1530
Land area (2000): 684.817388 sq. miles (1773.668818 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 8.042330 sq. miles (20.829537 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 692.859718 sq. miles (1794.498355 sq. km)
FIPS code: 85280
Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location: 61.769345 N, 149.991065 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 99688
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Willow, AK
Willow
Willow, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 114
Housing Units (2000): 66
Land area (2000): 0.264673 sq. miles (0.685499 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.264673 sq. miles (0.685499 sq. km)
FIPS code: 81300
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 35.052527 N, 99.509531 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 73673
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Willow, OK
Willow
Willowed (a.) Abounding with willows; containing willows; covered or overgrown with willows. "Willowed meads." -- Collins.
Willower
(n.) A
willow. See
Willow-herb (n.) (Bot.) A perennial herb ({Epilobium spicatum) with narrow willowlike leaves and showy rose-purple flowers. The name is sometimes made to include other species of the same genus.
Spiked+willow-herb,+A+perennial+herb+({Lythrum+Salicaria">Spiked willow-herb, a perennial herb ({Lythrum Salicaria) with willowy leaves and spiked purplish flowers.
Willowish (a.) Having the color of the willow; resembling the willow; willowy. -- Walton.
Willow-thorn (n.) (Bot.) A thorny European shrub ({Hippophae rhamnoides) resembling a willow.
Willow-weed (n.) (Bot.) A European species of loosestrife ({Lysimachia vulgaris).
Willow-weed (n.) (Bot.) Any kind of Polygonum with willowlike foliage.
Willow-wort (n.) (Bot.) Same as Willow-weed.
Willow-wort (n.) (Bot.) Any plant of
the order Salicaceae, or the
Willowy (a.) Abounding with willows.
Where willowy Camus lingers with delight. -- Gray.
Willowy (a.) Resembling a willow; pliant; flexible; pendent; drooping; graceful.
Willowy (a.) Slender and graceful [syn: gracile, willowy].
Willsome (a.) Willful; obstinate. [Obs.]
Willsome (a.) Fat; indolent. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Willsome (a.) Doubtful; uncertain. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell. -- Will"some*ness, n. [Obs.]
Willy (n.) A large wicker basket. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Willy (n.) (Textile Manuf.) Same as
1st
Willying (n.) The process of cleansing wool, cotton, or the like, with a willy, or willow.
Willying machine. Same as 1st Willow, 2.
Willy nilly, () Whether I (he, she, they) want to or not. See Will I, nill I, etc., under 3d Will.
Wilne (v. t.) To wish; to desire. [Obs.] "He willneth no destruction." -- Chaucer.
Wilt () 2d pers. sing. of Will.
Wilting (imp. & p. p.) of Wilt.
Wilt (v. i.) To begin to wither; to lose freshness and become flaccid, as a plant when exposed when exposed to drought, or to great heat in a dry day, or when separated from its root; to droop;. to wither. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]
Wilt (v. t.) To cause to begin to wither; to make flaccid, as a green plant. [Prov. Eng. U. S.]
Wilt (v. t.) Hence, to cause to languish; to depress or destroy the vigor and energy of. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]
Despots have wilted the human race into sloth and imbecility. -- Dr. T. Dwight.
Wilt (n.) Any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots [syn: wilt, wilt disease].
Wilt (n.) Causing to become limp or drooping [syn: wilt, wilting].
Wilt (v.) Lose strength; "My opponent was wilting".
Wilt (v.) Become limp; "The flowers wilted" [syn: wilt, droop].
Wilton carpet () A kind of carpet woven with loops like the Brussels, but differing from it in having the loops cut so as to form an elastic velvet pile; -- so called because made originally at Wilton, England.
Wilton carpet (n.) A carpet woven on a Jacquard loom with loops like a Brussels carpet but having the loops cut to form a close velvety pile [syn: Wilton, Wilton carpet].
Wilwe
(n.)
Wily (a.) Full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle. "Wily and wise." -- Chaucer. "The wily snake." -- Milton.
This false, wily, doubling disposition of mind. -- South.
Syn: Cunning; artful; sly; crafty. See Cunning.
Wily (a.) Marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney" [syn: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily].
Wimble (n.) An instrument for boring holes, turned by a handle. Specifically:
Wimble (n.) A gimlet. " It is but like the little wimble, to let in the greater auger." -- Selden.
Wimble (n.) A stonecutter's brace for boring holes in stone.
Wimble (n.) An auger used for boring in earth.
Wimble (n.) Hand tool for boring holes [syn: auger, gimlet, screw auger, wimble].
Wimbled (imp. & p. p.) of Wimble.
Wimbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wimble.
Wimble (v. t.) To bore or pierce, as with a wimble. "A foot soldier . . . wimbled also a hole through said coffin." -- Wood.
Wimble (a.) Active; nimble. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Wimbrel (n.) (Zool.) The whimbrel.
Wimple (n.) A covering of silk, linen, or other material, for the neck and chin, formerly worn by women as an outdoor protection, and still retained in the dress of nuns.
Full seemly her wympel ipinched is. -- Chaucer.
For she had laid her mournful stole aside, And widowlike sad wimple thrown away. -- Spenser.
Then
Vivian rose, And from her brown-locked head the wimple throws. -- M.
Arnold.
Wimple (n.) A flag or streamer. -- Weale.
Wimpled (imp. & p. p.) of Wimple.
Wimpling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wimple.
Wimple (v. t.) To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence, to hoodwink. "She sat ywympled well." -- Chaucer.
This wimpled,
whining, purblind, wayward boy. -- Shak.
Wimple (v. t.) To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or
plaits, as a veil.
Wimple (v. t.) To cause to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to cause to ripple or undulate; as, the wind wimples the surface of water.
Wimple (v. i.) To lie in folds; also, to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to ripple; to undulate. "Wimpling waves." -- Longfellow.
For with a veil, that wimpled everywhere, Her head and face was hid. -- Spenser.
With me through . . . meadows stray, Where wimpling waters make their way. -- Ramsay.
Wimple (n.) Headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval women.
Wimple, () Isa. 3:22, (R.V., "shawls"), a wrap or veil. The same Hebrew word is rendered "vail" (R.V., "mantle") in Ruth 3:15.
Won (imp. & p. p.) of Win.
Wan () of Win.
Winning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Win.
Win (v. t.) To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to win a country. "This city for to win." -- Chaucer. "Who thus shall Canaan win." -- Milton.
Thy well-breathed horse Impels the flying car, and wins the course. -- Dryden.
Win (v. t.) To allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or obtain, as by solicitation or courtship.
Thy virtue wan me; with virtue preserve me. -- Sir P. Sidney.
She is a woman; therefore to be won. -- Shak.
Win (v. t.) To gain over to one's side or party; to obtain the favor, friendship, or support of; to render friendly or approving; as, to win an enemy; to win a jury.
Win (v. t.) To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake. [Archaic]
Even in the porch he him did win. -- Spenser.
And when the stony path began, By which the naked peak they wan, Up flew the snowy ptarmigan. -- Sir W. Scott.
Win (v. t.) (Mining) To extract, as ore or coal. -- Raymond.
Syn: To gain; get; procure; earn. See Gain.
Win (v. i.) To gain the victory; to be successful; to triumph; to prevail.
Nor is it aught but just That he, who in debate of truth hath won, should win in arms. -- Milton.
To win of, to be conqueror over. [Obs.] -- Shak.
To win on or To win upon. (a) To gain favor or influence with. "You have a softness and beneficence winning on the hearts of others." -- Dryden.
To win on or To win upon. (b) To gain ground on. "The rabble . . . will in time win upon power." -- Shak.
Win (n.) A victory (as in a race or other competition); "he was happy to get the win".
Win (n.) Something won (especially money) [syn: winnings, win, profits] [ant: losings, losses].
Win (v.) Be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious; "He won the Gold Medal in skating"; "Our home team won"; "Win the game" [ant: lose].
Win (v.) Win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance" [syn: acquire, win, gain] [ant: lose].
Win (v.) Obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference" [syn: gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground] [ant: drop off, fall back, fall behind, lose, recede].
Win (v.) Attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won" [syn: succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods] [ant: fail, go wrong, miscarry].
Winced (imp. & p. p.) of Wince.
Wincing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wince.
Wince (v. i.) To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back.
I will not stir, nor wince, nor speak a word. -- Shak.
Wince (v. i.) To kick or flounce when unsteady, or impatient at a rider; as, a horse winces.
Wince (n.) The act of one who winces.
Wince (n.) (Dyeing & Calico Printing) A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment. at will.
Wince pit, Wince pot, A tank or a pit where cloth in the process of dyeing or manufacture is washed, dipped in a mordant, or the like.
Wince (n.) The facial expression of sudden pain.
Wince (n.) A reflex response to sudden pain [syn: wince, flinch].
Wince (v.) Draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" [syn: flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail].
Wince (v.) Make a face indicating disgust or dislike; "She winced whenshe heard his pompous speech".
Wincer (n.) One who, or that which, winces, shrinks, or kicks.
Wincey (n.) Linsey-woolsey.
Wincey (n.) A plain or twilled fabric of wool and cotton used especially for warm shirts or skirts and pajamas.
Winch (v. i.) To wince; to shrink; to kick with impatience or uneasiness.
Winch (n.) A kick, as of a beast, from impatience or uneasiness. -- Shelton.
Winch (n.) A crank with a handle, for giving motion to a machine, a grindstone, etc.
Winch (n.) An instrument with which to turn or strain something forcibly.
Winch (n.) An axle or drum turned by a crank with a handle, or by power, for raising weights, as from the hold of a ship, from mines, etc.; a windlass.
Winch (n.) A wince.
Winch (n.) Lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds [syn: winch, windlass].
Winch (v.) Pull or lift up with or as if with a winch; "winch up the slack line".
Wincing (n.) The act of washing cloth, dipping it in dye, etc., with a wince.
Wincing machine. (a) A wince. -- Ure.
Wincing machine. (b) A succession of winces. See Wince. -- Knight.
Wincopipe (n.) (Bot.) A little red flower, no doubt the pimpernel, which, when it opens in the morning, is supposed to bode a fair day. See Pimpernel.
There is small red flower in the stubble fields, which country people call the wincopipe; which if it opens in the morning, you may be sure a fair day will follow. -- Bacon.
Wound (imp. & p. p.) of Wind.
Winded () of Wind.
Winding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wind.
Wind (v. t.) To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball.
Whether to wind The woodbine round this arbor. -- Milton.
Wind (v. t.) To entwist; to infold; to encircle.
Sleep, and I will wind thee in arms. -- Shak.
Wind (v. t.) To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern. "To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus." -- Shak.
In his terms so he would him wind. -- Chaucer.
Gifts blind the wise, and bribes do please And wind all other witnesses. -- Herrick.
Were our legislature vested in the prince, he might wind and turn our constitution at his pleasure. -- Addison.
Wind (v. t.) To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
You have contrived . . . to wind Yourself into a power tyrannical. -- Shak.
Little arts and dexterities they have to wind in such things into discourse. -- Gov. of Tongue.
Wind (v. t.) To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine.
To wind off, To unwind; to uncoil.
To wind out, To extricate. [Obs.] -- Clarendon.
To wind up. (a) To coil into a ball or small compass, as a skein of thread; to coil completely.
To wind up. (b) To bring to a conclusion or settlement; as, to wind up one's affairs; to wind up an argument.
To wind up. (c) To put in a state of renewed or continued motion, as a clock, a watch, etc., by winding the spring, or that which carries the weight; hence, to prepare for continued movement or action; to put in order anew. "Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years." -- Dryden. "Thus they wound up his temper to a pitch." -- Atterbury.
To wind up. (d) To tighten (the strings) of a musical instrument, so as to tune it. "Wind up the slackened strings of thy lute." -- Waller.
Wind (v. i.) To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole.
So swift your judgments turn and wind. -- Dryden.
Wind (v. i.) To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees.
And where the valley winded out below, The murmuring main was heard, and scarcely heard, to flow. -- Thomson.
He therefore turned him to the steep and rocky path which . . . winded through the thickets of wild boxwood and other low aromatic shrubs. -- Sir W. Scott.
Wind (v. i.) To go to the one side or the other; to move this way and that; to double on one's course; as, a hare pursued turns and winds.
The lowing herd wind ?lowly o'er the lea. -- Gray.
To wind out, to extricate one's self; to escape.Long struggling underneath are they could wind Out of such prison. -- Milton.
Wind (n.) The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.
Wind (n.) 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.
Wind (n.) Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.