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winder

noun, verb — 11 senses

winder

noun

US /ˈwaɪndɚ/

Etymology From Middle English wynder; equivalent to wind + -er.

7 senses
  1. 1A winding plant.
  2. 2An engine that raises and lowers the cages in a mine.
  3. 3The person who operates such an engine.
  4. 4A textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth.
  5. 5A spool around which something is wound.
  6. 6A key or knob for winding a clock, watch or clockwork mechanism
  7. 7One of the steps of a spiral staircase (as opposed to a…
1

A winding plant.

  • 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:
2

Business, Mining An engine that raises and lowers the cages in a mine.

3

Business, Mining The person who operates such an engine.

4

A textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth.

5

A spool around which something is wound.

6

A key or knob for winding a clock, watch or clockwork mechanism

7

One of the steps of a spiral staircase (as opposed to a flyer, or straight step).

Derived terms
coil winder, stem-winder

winder

verb

Etymology Related to winnow.

1

To fan; to clean grain with a fan.

winder

noun

/ˈwɪndə(ɹ)/

Etymology From wind + -er.

1

Slang A blow that winds somebody, or takes away their breath.

  • "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. […], →OCLC:

winder

noun

Etymology Related to winnow.

1

A winnowing fan.

winder

noun
1

Pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of window.

  • 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:
  • Don’t be so darn foolish. It’s the calm afore the storm, Winslow. She were a gentle westerly wind yer cursin’. Only feels roughly ‘cause you don’t know nothin’ bout nothin’ and there ain’t no trees on this here rock like your Hudson Bay bush. Nor’Easterly wind’ll come soon a-blowin’ like Gabriel’s horn. Best board up them signal house winders.2019, Robert Eggers, Max Eggers, The Lighthouse (motion picture), spoken by Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe):

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