| 单词 | wind-way |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswind-way wind-way n. (a) a ventilating passage in a mine, an air-way; (b) the narrow slit in an organ pipe through which the wind strikes upon the lip so as to make the pipe speak; also in a woodwind instrument; (c) access of the wind to a sailing vessel so as to give her freedom of passage (cf. way n.1 11). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > [noun] > access of wind to sails wind-way1875 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind as means of propulsion > access of wind to vessel wind-way1875 society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > passage > ventilation passages or openings througher1645 thirling1686 air-pit1709 horse-head1747 sollar1778 airway1800 wind-hole1802 bearing door1813 air course1814 downcast shaft1814 upcast shaft (or pit)1816 buze1823 air road1832 raggling1839 thirl1847 brattice1849 intake1849 run1849 trapdoor1849 skailing1850 return1851 wind-road1860 breakthrough1875 wind-way1875 breast1882 cross-heading1883 skail-door1883 U.C.1883 undercast1883 vent1886 furnace-drift1892 the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > ventilator > passage, shaft, duct, or pipe > in a mine througher1645 thirling1686 air-pit1709 airway1800 wind-hole1802 air course1814 buze1823 air road1832 raggling1839 air heading1841 thirl1847 run1849 wind-road1860 wind-way1875 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [noun] > reed instrument > associated parts fipple1626 wind-way1875 staple1880 pirouette1891 plaque1940 windcap1940 tongue1953 scrape1954 reed-cap1960 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > pipe > other parts of pipes tongue1551 mouth1727 lip1728 reed1728 wind-cuttera1834 labium1847 beak1852 beard1852 underlip1852 wedge1852 body tube1854 plate-of-wind1875 wind-way1875 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Wind-way (Mining), a passage for air. 1876 J. Hiles Catech. Organ (1878) iv. 24 Between the language and the lips [of an organ-pipe] is a narrow slit or wind-way for the current of air to pass from the foot to the body of the pipe. 1887 Daily News 28 Sept. 3/1 Leaving the water very choppy for the Thistle and stopping her wind-way. 1959 A. Rowland-Jones Recorder Technique iii. 30 The wind-way of a recorder is formed by the insertion of an incised plug..into the blown end of the tube, which is generally made beak-shaped (whence ‘Flûte à bec’) to fit between the lips. 1979 Early Music 7 365/1 It is also possible to wash the windway with water and washing-up liquid... This is recommended for very dirty or mouldy windways. < as lemmas |
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