[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wind \wind\, v. t. imp.  p. p. wound wound rarely
   winded; p. pr.  vb. n. winding. oe. winden, as.
   windan; akin to os. windan, d.  g. winden, ohg. wintan,
   icel.  sw. vinda, dan. vinde, goth. windan in comp.. cf.
   wander, wend.
   1913 webster
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

            whether to wind
            the woodbine round this arbor.        --milton.
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   2. to entwist; to infold; to encircle.
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            sleep, and i will wind thee in arms.  --shak.
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   3. 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.
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            in his terms so he would him wind.    --chaucer.
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            gifts blind the wise, and bribes do please
            and wind all other witnesses.         --herrick.
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            were our legislature vested in the prince, he might
            wind and turn our constitution at his pleasure.
                                                  --addison.
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   4. to introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
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            you have contrived . . . to wind
            yourself into a power tyrannical.     --shak.
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            little arts and dexterities they have to wind in
            such things into discourse.           --gov. of
                                                  tongue.
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   5. to cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to
      wind a rope with twine.
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   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.
      b to bring to a conclusion or settlement; as, to wind up
          one's affairs; to wind up an argument.
      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.
      d to tighten the strings of a musical instrument, so
          as to tune it. "wind up the slackened strings of thy
          lute." --waller.
          1913 webster
see also:
wound winded winding wander wend to wind off 
to wind out to wind up 

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