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plural winders
A winding plant. quotations examples
Two types of leguminous crops combine most of the above mentioned favourable characteristics, the vines (creepers or winders, fig. 23) and the bushes (fig. 22).
1984, J. G. Ohler, K. H. Reichelderfer, Gerald A. Carlson, Economic Guidelines for Crop Pest Control, volumes 57-60, page 165
A textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth examples
A spool around which something is wound examples
A key or knob for winding a clock, watch or clockwork mechanism examples
One of the steps of a spiral staircase (as opposed to a flyer, or straight step). examples
(slang) A blow that winds somebody, or takes away their breath. quotations
"Well!" exclaimed the miner. "That's a winder." He considered it a moment, said "H'm!" and proceeded with his dinner. Suddenly his face contracted with wrath. "I hope he may never set foot i' my house again," he said.
1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 8”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […]
third-person singular simple present winders, present participle windering, simple past and past participle windered
To fan; to clean grain with a fan. examples
Pronunciation spelling of window. quotations examples
That accounts for my having the dress, but it don't account for the piece that you left sticking to the rose-bush under Mrs. Lander's bed-room winder, which piece I took off that morning, and which piece I matched with the dress after you pitched it at me over them bannisters […]
1868, Ann Sophia Stephens, Doubly False