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Mechanical device around which something can be wound
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winder
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
__NOTOC__ Winder may refer to: Winder (device) , a device for transferring energy into a mechanical storage such as mainsprings or the weights of a longcase clock . Its supply may be the hand—most familiarly so—or an electric motor Winding machine , a machine ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Winder \Wind"er\, v. t. & i. [Prov. E. winder a fan, and to winnow. ?. Cf. Winnow .] To fan; to clean grain with a fan. [Prov. Eng.]
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism) mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock) [syn: key ] mechanical device around which something can be wound
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 A textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth 2 A spool around which something is wound 3 A key or knob for winding a clock, watch or clockwork mechanism 4 One of the steps of a spiral staircase (as opposed to a flyer, or straight step). ...
Gazetteer
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Population (2000): 10201 Housing Units (2000): 4098 Land area (2000): 10.835297 sq. miles (28.063289 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.359741 sq. miles (0.931725 sq. km) Total area (2000): 11.195038 sq. miles (28.995014 sq. km) FIPS code: 83420 Located within: ...
Usage examples of winder.
I riz up and taken Joe by the neck and crotch and throwed him through a winder as gentle as I could, but I forgot about the hickory-wood bars which was nailed acrost it to keep the bears out.
I seen a feller crouching clost to a side winder peeking through a hole in the wall.
I was doing this, the feller inside hollered and jumped out the winder, and Glanton grabbed him by the neck and taken his gun away from him.
I was nigh blinded but I made out a figger fumbling at the winder on the other side.
They was fellers holding torches outside, and the light come in at the winder so I could see it was a good strong jail.
They was jest one room, with a door towards the town and a winder in the other side.
The jail was on the aidge of town, and the winder looked in the other direction, acrost a narrer clearing with thick woods bordering it.
I looked up and seen Glory McGraw looking in at the winder with the rising moon behind her.
Old Winder was merely showing the prisoners how he could rally the guards to oppose an outbreak.
I believe that I was the first that conveyed the intelligence to them that Confederate General Winder had approved their sentence.
Indeed no conversation ever progressed very far without both speaker and listener taking frequent rests to say bitter things as to the Rebels generally, and Wirz, Winder and Davis in particular.
I am instructed by General Winder to inform you that a general exchange has been agreed upon.
Best of all, we escaped for a while from the upas-like shadow of Winder and Wirz, in whose presence strong men sickened and died, as when near some malign genii of an Eastern story.
Did they ever know any such men as Winder and his satellite, I could comprehend how much foundation they could have for such a belief.
Beyond had opened for an exchange that neither Davis nor his despicable tool, Winder, could control.