Winde vs Winder - What's the difference?
winde | winder |
*{{quote-book, year=1566, author=William Adlington, title=The Golden Asse, chapter=, edition=
, passage=But he that laughed before at his fellow, said againe, Verily this tale is as true, as if a man would say that by sorcery and inchantment the floods might be inforced to run against their course, the seas to be immovable, the aire to lacke the blowing of windes , the Sunne to be restrained from his naturall race, the Moone to purge his skimme upon herbes and trees to serve for sorceries: the starres to be pulled from heaven, the day to be darkened and the dark night to continue still. }}
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A textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth
A spool around which something is wound
A key or knob for winding a clock, watch or clockwork mechanism
One of the steps of a spiral staircase (as opposed to a flyer, or straight step).
(slang) A blow that winds somebody, or takes away their breath.
*1913 ,
*:"Well!" exclaimed the miner. "That's a winder ." He considered it a moment, said "H'm!" and proceeded with his dinner. Suddenly his face contracted with wrath. "I hope he may never set foot i' my house again," he said.
* 1868 , Ann Sophia Stephens, Doubly False
As nouns the difference between winde and winder
is that winde is obsolete spelling of lang=en while winder is a textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth.As a verb winder is
to fan; to clean grain with a fan.As a proper noun Winder is
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Related to winnow.Etymology 4
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(en noun)- That accounts for my having the dress, but it don't account for the piece that you left sticking to the rose-bush under Mrs. Lander's bed-room winder , which piece I took off that morning, and which piece I matched with the dress after you pitched it at me over them bannisters