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

wind \wind\ wi^nd, in poetry and singing often wimacnd;
   277, n. as. wind; akin to os., ofries., d.,  g. wind, ohg.
   wint, dan.  sw. vind, icel. vindr, goth winds, w. gwynt, l.
   ventus, skr. v=ata cf. gr. 'ah`ths a blast, gale, 'ah^nai
   to breathe hard, to blow, as the wind; originally a p. pr.
   from the verb seen in skr. v=a to blow, akin to as.
   w=awan, d. waaijen, g. wehen, ohg. w=aen, w=ajen, goth.
   waian. root131. cf. air, ventail, ventilate,
   window, winnow.
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   1. air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a
      current of air.
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            except wind stands as never it stood,
            it is an ill wind that turns none to good. --tusser.
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            winds were soft, and woods were green. --longfellow.
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   2. air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as,
      the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.
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   3. breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or
      by an instrument.
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            their instruments were various in their kind,
            some for the bow, and some for breathing wind.
                                                  --dryden.
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   4. power of respiration; breath.
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            if my wind were but long enough to say my prayers, i
            would repent.                         --shak.
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   5. air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence;
      as, to be troubled with wind.
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   6. air impregnated with an odor or scent.
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            a pack of dogfish had him in the wind. --swift.
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   7. a direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the
      compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are
      often called the four winds.
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            come from the four winds, o breath, and breathe upon
            these slain.                          --ezek.
                                                  xxxvii. 9.
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   note: this sense seems to have had its origin in the east.
         the hebrews gave to each of the four cardinal points
         the name of wind.
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   8. far. a disease of sheep, in which the intestines are
      distended with air, or rather affected with a violent
      inflammation. it occurs immediately after shearing.
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   9. mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
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            nor think thou with wind
            of airy threats to awe.               --milton.
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   10. zool. the dotterel. prov. eng.
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   11. boxing the region of the pit of the stomach, where a
       blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss
       of breath or other injury; the mark. slang or cant
       webster 1913 suppl.

   note: wind is often used adjectively, or as the first part of
         compound words.
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   all in the wind. naut. see under all, n.

   before the wind. naut. see under before.

   between wind and water naut., in that part of a ship's
      side or bottom which is frequently brought above water by
      the rolling of the ship, or fluctuation of the water's
      surface. hence, colloquially, as an injury to that part
      of a vessel, in an engagement, is particularly dangerous
      the vulnerable part or point of anything.

   cardinal winds. see under cardinal, a.

   down the wind.
       a in the direction of, and moving with, the wind; as,
           birds fly swiftly down the wind.
       b decaying; declining; in a state of decay. obs. "he
           went down the wind still." --l'estrange.

   in the wind's eye naut., directly toward the point from
      which the wind blows.

   three sheets in the wind, unsteady from drink. sailors'
      slang

   to be in the wind, to be suggested or expected; to be a
      matter of suspicion or surmise. colloq.

   to carry the wind man., to toss the nose as high as the
      ears, as a horse.

   to raise the wind, to procure money. colloq.

   to take the wind or to have the wind, to gain or have the
      advantage. --bacon.

   to take the wind out of one's sails, to cause one to stop,
      or lose way, as when a vessel intercepts the wind of
      another; to cause one to lose enthusiasm, or momentum in
      an activity. colloq.

   to take wind, or to get wind, to be divulged; to become
      public; as, the story got wind, or took wind.

   wind band mus., a band of wind instruments; a military
      band; the wind instruments of an orchestra.

   wind chest mus., a chest or reservoir of wind in an
      organ.

   wind dropsy. med.
       a tympanites.
       b emphysema of the subcutaneous areolar tissue.

   wind egg, an imperfect, unimpregnated, or addled egg.

   wind furnace. see the note under furnace.

   wind gauge. see under gauge.

   wind gun. same as air gun.

   wind hatch mining, the opening or place where the ore is
      taken out of the earth.

   wind instrument mus., an instrument of music sounded by
      means of wind, especially by means of the breath, as a
      flute, a clarinet, etc.

   wind pump, a pump moved by a windmill.

   wind rose, a table of the points of the compass, giving the
      states of the barometer, etc., connected with winds from
      the different directions.

   wind sail.
       a naut. a wide tube or funnel of canvas, used to
           convey a stream of air for ventilation into the lower
           compartments of a vessel.
       b the sail or vane of a windmill.

   wind shake, a crack or incoherence in timber produced by
      violent winds while the timber was growing.

   wind shock, a wind shake.

   wind side, the side next the wind; the windward side. r.
      --mrs. browning.

   wind rush zool., the redwing. prov. eng.

   wind wheel, a motor consisting of a wheel moved by wind.

   wood wind mus., the flutes and reed instruments of an
      orchestra, collectively.
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see also:
air ventail ventilate window winnow all in the wind 
all before the wind before between wind and water cardinal winds 
cardinal down the wind in the wind's eye three sheets in the wind to be in the wind 
to carry the wind to raise the wind to take the wind to have the wind to take the wind out of one's sails 
to take wind to get wind wind band wind chest wind dropsy 
wind egg wind furnace furnace wind gauge gauge 
wind gun air gun wind hatch wind instrument wind pump 
wind rose wind sail wind shake wind shock wind side 
wind rush wind wheel wood wind 

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