windern.1
/ˈwʌɪndə/, U.S. /ˈwaɪndər/ A person or thing that winds, in various senses.
I. Senses denoting persons.
1. One who turns or manages a winch or windlass, esp. at a mine; a windlass-man.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific tools or equipment > [noun] > with winches or windlasses
winder1747
windlass-man1851
1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Kiijb Upon the Stoblade which the Winder stands to draw at, there is a Hole bored through, just below the Spindle.
1809 Ann. Reg. (1821) 867 The miners in the work, and the winders at the mouth of the pit.
1899 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 124 Coalowners cannot work their mines without hewers and winders.
2. An operative employed in winding wool, etc.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > winding > one who
windster14..
winder1552
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Wynder of thread or yarne.
1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 69 What neede I count how many winders liue, How many twisters eke, and weauers thriue Vppon this trade?
1662 Act 14 Chas. II c. 15 §5 Whereas there is a necessity lying upon the Silke throwers to deliver to theire Winders or Doublers considerable quantities of silke.
a1749 G. C. Deering Nottinghamia (1751) 72 Almost every Seamer, Sizer, and Winder, will have her Tea.
1818 Minutes of Evid. Committee Ribbon Weavers 7 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 134) IX. 5 What can a common winder earn?—Three shillings. What a quill winder?—Four shillings.
1828 T. Allen Hist. County York ii. 312 If they take away their work from carders and spinners, they return it them back ten-fold as winders, warpers, weavers.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator viii. 128/2 The winders, who put the silk, cotton, or thread on the bobbins.
3. One who winds a clock or other mechanism.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > [noun] > one who operates machine > who performs specific task
feeder1676
winder1823
greaser1832
oiler1846
grease-man1898
oilman1902
pani-wallah1957
1823 Mrs. Smyth in J. A. Heraud Voy. & Mem. Midshipman (1837) viii. 128 William aspired sometime ago to the honour of winding up the chronometers, when Mr. Graves, the regular winder, happened to be absent.
?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 46 Jobber and Winder (Clock).
II. Senses denoting things.† 4.
a. A tendril of a climbing plant.
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the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun] > tendril or twining shoot
tenaclec1500
tendril1538
clasp1577
clasper1577
winder1577
capreol1578
taglet1578
twine1579
string1585
trail1597
tress1605
nervelet1648
cirrus1708
clavicle1725
twister1799
bine1808
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 33v The one sort [of Pease]..runneth vp vppon stickes, to whiche with little wynders he bindeth hym selfe.
b. A twining plant. Obsolete.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > [noun] > creeping, climbing, or spiring > creeping or climbing plant
wind1538
clamberer1597
creeper1626
winder1626
climber1640
convolvula1675
vine1708
runner1731
parasite1813
groundling1822
twiner1830
scrambler1902
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §536 Winders, and Creepers; As Iuy, Briony, Hops, Woodbine.
1675 N. Grew Compar. Anat. Trunks ii. vi. 72 The Wood of all Convolvula's or Winders.
5. An apparatus (of various kinds) for winding something, or upon which something is wound or coiled; e.g. a winch or windlass, or the crank or handle of one; a reel or spool, or a stick or strip of something serving as a substitute.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > winch or capstan
windas1293
wind1399
windlassc1400
fern1546
stow?1549
capstock1551
winch1577
draw-beam1585
wind-beam1585
winder1585
capstring1609
crab1627
guindall1628
gin1632
Jack1686
screw engine1688
twirl1688
moulineta1706
jack roll1708
wind-lifta1734
whim1738
stowce1747
whim-engine1759
macaroni gin1789
whimsy1789
winze1839
jack roller1843
wink1847
winding engine1858
fusee-windlass1874
come-along1891
1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 300/2 Succula,..a winder or rather the ouerthwart barrel turned with leauers.
1657 T. Barker Barker's Delight (1659) 25 You must have your winder within two foot of the bottom to goe on your [salmon-]rod made in this manner, with a spring.
1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iii. 37 The Winch, or Winder, or Handle, the Iron part is the Winder, the Wood the Handle.
1773 W. Emerson Princ. Mech. (ed. 3) 284 Winder, a winch or handle to wind about.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 369 The reel or winder being now withdrawn, the coil of paper is cut on both sides.
1843 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 6 213/2 Attached to the heads of these posts are a number of winders for stretching the wires.
6. A key for winding a jack, clock, or other mechanism. Also attributive in winder-hole n. the hole through which the key is passed in winding.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > part(s) of
nut1428
peise1428
plumbc1450
Jack1498
clockwork1516
larum1542
Jack of the clockhouse1563
watch-wheel1568
work1570
plummeta1578
Jack of the clock1581
snail-cam1591
snail-work1591
pointer1596
quarter jack1604
mainspring1605
winder1606
notch-wheel1611
fusee1622
count-wheel1647
jack-wheel1647
frame1658
arbor1659
balance1660
fuse1674
hour-figure1675
stop1675
pallet1676
regulator1676
cock1678
movement1678
detent1688
savage1690
clock1696
pinwheel1696
starred wheel1696
swing-wheel1696
warning-wheel1696
watch1696
watch-part1696
hoop-wheel1704
hour-wheel1704
snail1714
step-wheel1714
tide-work1739
train1751
crutch1753
cannon pinion1764
rising board1769
remontoire1774
escapement1779
clock jack1784
locking plate1786
scapement1789
motion work1795
anchor escapement1798
scape1798
star-wheel1798
recoil escapement1800
recoiling pallet1801
recoiling scapement1801
cannon1802
hammer-tail1805
recoiling escapement1805
bottle jack1810
renovating spring1812
quarter-boy1815
pin tooth1817
solar wheel1819
impulse-teeth1825
pendulum wheel1825
pallet arbor1826
rewinder1826
rack hook1829
snail-wheel1831
quarter bell1832
tow1834
star pulley1836
watch train1838
clock train1843
raising-piece1843
wheelwork1843
gravity escapement1850
jumper1850
vertical escapement1850
time train1853
pin pallet1860
spade1862
dead well1867
stop-work1869
ringer1873
strike-or-silent1875
warning-piece1875
guard-pin1879
pendulum cock1881
warning-lever1881
beat-pin1883
fusee-piece1884
fusee-snail1884
shutter1884
tourbillion1884
tumbler1884
virgule1884
foliot1899
grasshopper1899
grasshopper escapement1899
trunk1899
pin lever1908
clock spring1933
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > winding of > key for winding
winder1606
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > hole into which a peg, pin, knob, etc., fits
scaffold holec1568
pinhole1659
scaffolding hole1663
keyhole1703
keyway1835
winder-hole1840
knob hole1851
wall-box1875
1606 G. Chapman Gentleman Vsher iii. sig. Dv Euen as in that queint engine you haue seene, A little man in shreds stand at the winder.
1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. ix. 387 The coard i, that is wound round the wheel k, by a key or winder applyed to the Axis l.
1745 J. Swift Direct. to Servants 41 Always leave the Winder sticking on the Jack.
1840 R. H. Barham Look at Clock in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 60 The two little winder-holes turn'd into eyes.
1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 293 Clock keys are often spoken of as winders.
7. A winding step in a staircase: usually in plural, opposed to flyers (see flyer n. 4b).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > step > winding step
winder?1677
newel-step1883
?1677 S. Primatt City & Covntry Purchaser & Builder 66 Flyers and winders..are plain, and triangular Steps without any Landing place.
1808 P. Nicholson Carpenter's New Guide (ed. 2) Pl. 53 A dogleg Stair Case with Winders.
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 185 When the treads of the steps diminish in breadth toward the well-hole, the steps are called winders.
1838 J. C. Loudon Suburban Gardener 45 The best staircases are those without winders.
Compounds
winder-up n. †(a) something that concludes an argument; (b) one who winds up a business.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] > conclusion of argument
come-off1641
winder-up1795
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] > one who winds up a business
winder-up1795
1795 T. Paine Age of Reason ii. 78 The lying imposition of Isaiah to Ahaz..has been perverted, and made to serve as a winder-up.
1921 W. De Morgan Old Man's Youth xviii I heard the expression ‘men of straw’ used more than once by winders-up, or victims.
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windern.2
1. /ˈwaɪndə(r)/ One who blows a wind-instrument.
/ˈwaɪndə(r)/ One who blows a wind-instrument.ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > wind player > [noun]
blowerc897
bretheman?a1400
wait1510
town wait1541
winder1611
tooter1620
wind-instrumentalist1869
windjammer1880
horn1945
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Cornettáro, a Cornet-maker or winder.
1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 16 Winder of the horn, When snouted wild-boars routing tender corn Anger our huntsman.
2. /ˈwɪndə(r)/
/ˈwɪndə(r)/ a. Something that takes one's breath away; a blow that ‘knocks the wind’ out of one; a run, climb, or other exertion that puts one out of breath. colloquial.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [noun] > that which wearies or exhausts
stretch1791
overexertion1795
overwork1796
breather1802
trachle1823
winder1825
burster1851
1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy I. 158 I did give her [sc. a mare] a winder,..to be sure, only one day's hunting, though, a good hard run over Somerset range.
1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 212 Do you put it [sc. your hand] across your breast in case of an unexpected winder from your apparently peaceable acquaintance?
1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. v. 72 It was a run indeed now, and what Joe called, in the only two words he spoke all the time, ‘a Winder’.
1866 C. Brooke Ten Years Saráwak I. 246 We had to ascend a hill of 500 feet high... This was a winder.
b. figurative †spec. a sentence of transportation for life (obsolete slang).
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] > transportation > term of > for life
winder1819
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Mem. (1964) 279 A man transported for his natural life, is said..to have knap'd a winder.
1836 J. F. O'Connell Resid. Eleven Years New Holland 37 Previous convictions and character must have affected his sentence, as it was, in flash phraseology, a winder.
1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers ix. 243 It's a winder when you have to pour your own tea out—an' nobody to grouse if you team it in your saucer and sup it up.
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windern.3
rare.
A winnower.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > winnowing > winnower
winnowsterc1325
winnowera1382
fanner?1518
vanner1552
winder?1570
dighter?1611
?1570 T. Drant Two Serm. D vij b Mowers, threshers, winders and grinders.
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windern.4
/ˈwɪndə/, U.S. /ˈwɪndər/ dialect.
A widgeon.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Anas (miscellaneous) > anas penelope (Eurasian widgeon)
wigeon1508
winder1542
atteal1600
smeath1622
smee1668
whistling duck1699
whima1705
white-face1709
poacher1888
1542 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 223 Item, Winders, the doz. 2 s. 4 d.
1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 100 Boscas..the whinder.
1672 Brasenose Coll. Oxf. Bills 23. 130 (MS.) Pulitz, 3 whinder 2 s. 9 d.
1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 322 But George he cut the Dragon up, as't had bin Duck or Winder.
1803–4 in Col. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 358 Windar (i.e. wigeon diver or dunbird).
1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial.
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windern.5
/ˈwɪndə/, U.S. /ˈwɪndər/ regional or nonstandard.
= window n. Also in combinations.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > [noun] > window
eyethirleOE
eilthirlc1225
windowc1230
windown?a1289
fenesterc1290
fenestral1399
winnock1492
tresance1510
windore1542
lighta1586
wind-door1606
ventana1672
winder1683
glaze1699
mezzanine1731
1683 G. Meriton York-shire Dialogue in Pure Nat. Dial. 8 Nan steeke'th winder-board, and mack it darke.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby viii. 69 We go upon the practical mode of teaching, Nickleby;..W-i-n, win, d-e-r, der, winder, a casement.
1877 J. Hartley Halifax Clock Almanack 43 Sam made a grab at it, an it flew to th' winder-bottom.
1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career xxxii. 272 Lizer, shut the winder quick.
1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night xvii. 372 Winderpane, we called 'im, along of the eyeglass, but meanin' no disrespect.
1976 Trans. Yorks. Dial. Soc. 14 37 Ah've just been cleeanin' t'winders.
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winderv.
/ˈwɪndə/, U.S. /ˈwɪndər/ Obsolete exc. dialect.† 2. transitive. To crush into fragments. Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To wither; to pine or waste away.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > have wasting disease [verb (intransitive)]
dwinec1000
shrinkc1000
swindOE
wastea1300
pinea1325
rot1340
tapishc1375
wastea1387
consume1495
decaya1538
winder1600
pule1607
moch1818
to run down1826
tabefy1891
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. ii. xxiii. 58 Until at length his bodie also began to winder away in a consumption.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. vii. ii. 155.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > press or squeeze [verb (transitive)] > crush
breakc900
to-bruisec1000
swatchea1300
to-gnidea1300
defoulc1300
to-crushc1300
thring13..
squatcha1325
to-squatc1325
oppressa1382
crush?a1400
thronga1400
dequassc1400
birzec1425
crazec1430
frayc1460
defroysse1480
to-quashc1480
croose1567
pletter1598
becrush1609
mortify1609
winder1610
crackle1611
quest1647
scrouge1755
grush1827
jam1832
roll1886
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 154 By the fall of a towre [he] was crushed and whindred to death [L. compressus & comminutus].
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n.3?1570n.41542n.51683v.1600- sing a placebo
- sing along
- sing and read
- sing another song or a different tune
- sing another tune
- sing awk
- sing different
- sing dumb
- sing for one's dinner
- sing for one's supper
- sing from the same hymn sheet
- sing from the same song sheet
- sing in the spirit
- sing like a bird
- sing like a canary
- sing old rose
- sing on sides
- sing one's nunc dimittis
- sing one's praises
- sing out at the wrong side of one's mouth
- sing out morbleu
- sing out of the wrong side of one's mouth
- sing placebo
- sing port-yowl
- sing portyowl