| 单词 | out of wind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasout of wind 3. An act or instance of winding; curved or twisted form; technical bend or twist (cf. wind v.1 5b), esp. in out of wind, not twisted. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > [noun] curvation?a1425 curvity?a1425 curvaturea1460 bent1541 bend1597 curvedness1598 flexure1628 incurvation1647 compassedness1652 deflexure1656 flexion1656 curvilinearity1756 deflection1821 wind1825 inflection1837 the world > space > shape > straightness > [phrase] > not twisted out of winding1711 out of wind1825 out of twist1854 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 586 If the two edges and his eye be not in one plane, the upper parts are planed down until the piece is said to be out of wind. 1859 E. Capern Ballads & Songs (new ed.) 137 The vermeil-beaded bryony, In many a graceful wind. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Twist.., the wind of the bed-joint of each course of voussoirs in a skew arch. 1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words at Wynd On the wynd = warped or twisted. Applied to boards or planks. 1896 Archaeol. Jrnl. 53 52 There is never any trace of wind on them [sc. Da. knife-blades], although occasionally they may not lie quite flat. < as lemmas |
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