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upwind, v.|ʌpˈwaɪnd|
[up- 4. Cf. upwound pa. pple., and (M)Du. opwinden, MLG. upwinden, MHG. ûfwinden (G. aufwinden), MSw. op-, upvinda (Sw. uppvinda), Da. opvinde.]
†1.
a. intr. To fly up. Obs.—1
c1250Gen. & Ex. 2988 He smot..on ðe lond, And gnattes hird ðor ðicke up-wond.
†b. trans. = uptake v. 1. Obs.—1
c1250Gen. & Ex. 3084 A suðen wind is fliȝt up-wond, And blew ðat day and al ðat niȝt.
†2. To finish up; to complete. Obs.—1
c1440Pallad. on Husb. vii. 47 Thus shal an ox in dayes fewe vpwynde An heruest al.
3. To wind, coil, or roll up (something).
1560Nice Wanton 51 Barn. Learne..to spyn and sowe... Ism. Spyn, quod ha? Yea, by the masse, and with youre heles vp-wynd. 1613Drummond of Hawthornden Cypress Grove Wks. (S.T.S.) II. 71 The motion of a swift & euer-whirling wheele, which twinneth forth and againe vp-windeth our life?
b. To raise or hoist by winding.
1600Fairfax Tasso xv. vii, Her anchors she vpwound, And lanched foorth to sea her pinnesse flit.
4. intr. To become coiled up.
1616J. Lane Contn. Sqr.'s T. xi. 256 Speckd snakes..which turninge round, out sprange at length, and in againe vpwound.
5. To wind upwards.
1880Lanier Sunrise 103 Low multitudinous stirring Upwinds through the woods. |