Wind"ing (?), n. [From Wind to blow.]
(Naut.) A call by the boatswain's whistle.
Wind"ing, a. [From Wind to twist.]
Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.
Keble.
Wind"ing, n. A turn or turning; a bend;
a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or
stream.
To nurse the saplings tall, and curl the grove
With ringlets quaint, and wanton windings wove.
Milton.
Winding engine, an engine employed in mining to
draw up buckets from a deep pit; a hoisting engine. -- Winding
sheet, a sheet in which a corpse is wound or wrapped. --
Winding tackle (Naut.), a tackle consisting of
a fixed triple block, and a double or triple movable block, used for
hoisting heavy articles in or out of a vessel. Totten.
Wind"ing (?), n. The material, as
wire or rope, wound or coiled about anything, or a single round or
turn of the material; as (Elec.), a series
winding, or one in which the armature coil, the field-magnet
coil, and the external circuit form a continuous conductor; a shunt
winding, or one of such a character that the armature current
is divided, a portion of the current being led around the field-magnet
coils.
Wind"ing (?), n. [From Wind to blow.]
(Naut.) A call by the boatswain's whistle.
Wind"ing, a. [From Wind to twist.]
Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.
Keble.
Wind"ing, n. A turn or turning; a bend;
a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or
stream.
To nurse the saplings tall, and curl the grove
With ringlets quaint, and wanton windings wove.
Milton.
Winding engine, an engine employed in mining to
draw up buckets from a deep pit; a hoisting engine. -- Winding
sheet, a sheet in which a corpse is wound or wrapped. --
Winding tackle (Naut.), a tackle consisting of
a fixed triple block, and a double or triple movable block, used for
hoisting heavy articles in or out of a vessel. Totten.
Wind"ing (?), n. The material, as
wire or rope, wound or coiled about anything, or a single round or
turn of the material; as (Elec.), a series
winding, or one in which the armature coil, the field-magnet
coil, and the external circuit form a continuous conductor; a shunt
winding, or one of such a character that the armature current
is divided, a portion of the current being led around the field-magnet
coils.
