Wind"y (?), a. [Compar.
Windier (?); superl. Windiest.] [AS.
windig.]
1. Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized
by wind; exposed to wind. "The windy hill." M.
Arnold.
Blown with the windy tempest of my
heart.
Shak.
2. Next the wind; windward.
It keeps on the windy side of care.
Shak.
3. Tempestuous; boisterous; as, windy
weather.
4. Serving to occasion wind or gas in the
intestines; flatulent; as, windy food.
5. Attended or caused by wind, or gas, in the
intestines. "A windy colic." Arbuthnot.
6. Fig.: Empty; airy. "Windy joy."
Milton.
Here's that windy applause, that poor, transitory
pleasure, for which I was dishonored.
South.
Wind"y (?), a. [Compar.
Windier (?); superl. Windiest.] [AS.
windig.]
1. Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized
by wind; exposed to wind. "The windy hill." M.
Arnold.
Blown with the windy tempest of my
heart.
Shak.
2. Next the wind; windward.
It keeps on the windy side of care.
Shak.
3. Tempestuous; boisterous; as, windy
weather.
4. Serving to occasion wind or gas in the
intestines; flatulent; as, windy food.
5. Attended or caused by wind, or gas, in the
intestines. "A windy colic." Arbuthnot.
6. Fig.: Empty; airy. "Windy joy."
Milton.
Here's that windy applause, that poor, transitory
pleasure, for which I was dishonored.
South.