'Before the wind' definitions:
Definition of 'Before the wind'
From: GCIDE
- Wind \Wind\ (w[i^]nd, in poetry and singing often w[imac]nd; 277), n. [AS. wind; akin to OS., OFries., D., & G. wind, OHG. wint, Dan. & Sw. vind, Icel. vindr, Goth winds, W. gwynt, L. ventus, Skr. v[=a]ta (cf. Gr. 'ah`ths a blast, gale, 'ah^nai to breathe hard, to blow, as the wind); originally a p. pr. from the verb seen in Skr. v[=a] to blow, akin to AS. w[=a]wan, D. waaijen, G. wehen, OHG. w[=a]en, w[=a]jen, Goth. waian. [root]131. Cf. Air, Ventail, Ventilate, Window, Winnow.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air. [1913 Webster]
- Except wind stands as never it stood, It is an ill wind that turns none to good. --Tusser. [1913 Webster]
- Winds were soft, and woods were green. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument. [1913 Webster]
- Their instruments were various in their kind, Some for the bow, and some for breathing wind. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Power of respiration; breath. [1913 Webster]
- If my wind were but long enough to say my prayers, I would repent. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Air impregnated with an odor or scent. [1913 Webster]
- A pack of dogfish had him in the wind. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 7. A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the four winds. [1913 Webster]
- Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain. --Ezek. xxxvii. 9. [1913 Webster]
- Note: This sense seems to have had its origin in the East. The Hebrews gave to each of the four cardinal points the name of wind. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Far.) A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing. [1913 Webster]
- 9. Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words. [1913 Webster]
- Nor think thou with wind Of airy threats to awe. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 10. (Zool.) The dotterel. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- 11. (Boxing) The region of the pit of the stomach, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury; the mark. [Slang or Cant] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Note: Wind is often used adjectively, or as the first part of compound words. [1913 Webster]
- All in the wind. (Naut.) See under All, n.
- Before the wind. (Naut.) See under Before.
- Between wind and water (Naut.), in that part of a ship's side or bottom which is frequently brought above water by the rolling of the ship, or fluctuation of the water's surface. Hence, colloquially, (as an injury to that part of a vessel, in an engagement, is particularly dangerous) the vulnerable part or point of anything.
- Cardinal winds. See under Cardinal, a.
- Down the wind. (a) In the direction of, and moving with, the wind; as, birds fly swiftly down the wind. (b) Decaying; declining; in a state of decay. [Obs.] "He went down the wind still." --L'Estrange.
- In the wind's eye (Naut.), directly toward the point from which the wind blows.
- Three sheets in the wind, unsteady from drink. [Sailors' Slang]
- To be in the wind, to be suggested or expected; to be a matter of suspicion or surmise. [Colloq.]
- To carry the wind (Man.), to toss the nose as high as the ears, as a horse.
- To raise the wind, to procure money. [Colloq.]
- To take the wind or To have the wind, to gain or have the advantage. --Bacon.
- To take the wind out of one's sails, to cause one to stop, or lose way, as when a vessel intercepts the wind of another; to cause one to lose enthusiasm, or momentum in an activity. [Colloq.]
- To take wind, or To get wind, to be divulged; to become public; as, the story got wind, or took wind.
- Wind band (Mus.), a band of wind instruments; a military band; the wind instruments of an orchestra.
- Wind chest (Mus.), a chest or reservoir of wind in an organ.
- Wind dropsy. (Med.) (a) Tympanites. (b) Emphysema of the subcutaneous areolar tissue.
- Wind egg, an imperfect, unimpregnated, or addled egg.
- Wind furnace. See the Note under Furnace.
- Wind gauge. See under Gauge.
- Wind gun. Same as Air gun.
- Wind hatch (Mining), the opening or place where the ore is taken out of the earth.
- Wind instrument (Mus.), an instrument of music sounded by means of wind, especially by means of the breath, as a flute, a clarinet, etc.
- Wind pump, a pump moved by a windmill.
- Wind rose, a table of the points of the compass, giving the states of the barometer, etc., connected with winds from the different directions.
- Wind sail. (a) (Naut.) A wide tube or funnel of canvas, used to convey a stream of air for ventilation into the lower compartments of a vessel. (b) The sail or vane of a windmill.
- Wind shake, a crack or incoherence in timber produced by violent winds while the timber was growing.
- Wind shock, a wind shake.
- Wind side, the side next the wind; the windward side. [R.] --Mrs. Browning.
- Wind rush (Zool.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.]
- Wind wheel, a motor consisting of a wheel moved by wind.
- Wood wind (Mus.), the flutes and reed instruments of an orchestra, collectively. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Before the wind'
From: GCIDE
- Before \Be*fore"\, prep. [OE. beforen, biforen, before, AS. beforan; pref. be- + foran, fore, before. See Be-, and Fore.]
- 1. In front of; preceding in space; ahead of; as, to stand before the fire; before the house. [1913 Webster]
- His angel, who shall go Before them in a cloud and pillar of fire. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Preceding in time; earlier than; previously to; anterior to the time when; -- sometimes with the additional idea of purpose; in order that. [1913 Webster]
- Before Abraham was, I am. --John viii. 58. [1913 Webster]
- Before this treatise can become of use, two points are necessary. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Formerly before, in this sense, was followed by that. "Before that Philip called thee . . . I saw thee." --John i. 48. [1913 Webster]
- 3. An advance of; farther onward, in place or time. [1913 Webster]
- The golden age . . . is before us. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Prior or preceding in dignity, order, rank, right, or worth; rather than. [1913 Webster]
- He that cometh after me is preferred before me. --John i. 15. [1913 Webster]
- The eldest son is before the younger in succession. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
- 5. In presence or sight of; face to face with; facing. [1913 Webster]
- Abraham bowed down himself before the people. --Gen. xxiii. 12. [1913 Webster]
- Wherewith shall I come before the Lord? --Micah vi. 6. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Under the cognizance or jurisdiction of. [1913 Webster]
- If a suit be begun before an archdeacon. --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Open for; free of access to; in the power of. [1913 Webster]
- The world was all before them where to choose. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Before the mast (Naut.), as a common sailor, -- because the sailors live in the forecastle, forward of the foremast.
- Before the wind (Naut.), in the direction of the wind and by its impulse; having the wind aft. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Before the wind'
- All in the wind,
- Down the wind,
- To be in the wind,
- To have the wind,
- To wind off,
- To wind out,
- To wind up,
- Wind,
- Winded,
- Winding,
- Windingly,
- against the wind,
- in the wind,
- into the wind,
- wind off,
- wind up,
- winds,
- A beating wind,
- A capful of wind,
- A sheet in the wind,
- Baffling wind,
- Between wind and water,
- Both sheets in the wind,
- Broken wind,
- Cardinal winds,
- Close to the wind,
- Cross wind,
- Dead wind,
- Down-wind,
- Drum winding,
- Fore wind,
- Head wind,
- In the eye of the wind,
- In the wind's eye,
- Land wind,
- Near the wind,
- On the wings of the wind,
- Ring winding,
- Series winding,
- Shunt winding,
- Side wind,
- Slant or wind,
- Thick wind,
- To break wind,
- To carry the wind,
- To gain the wind,
- To get wind,
- To haul the wind,
- To raise the wind,
- To take the wind,
- To take wind,
- To touch the wind,
- To wind a ship,
- Trade wind,
- Up-wind,
- Volcanic wind,
- Wind Gap,
- Wind Lake,
- Wind Point,
- Wind band,
- Wind chest,
- Wind colic,
- Wind dropsy,
- Wind egg,
- Wind furnace,
- Wind gauge,
- Wind gun,
- Wind hatch,
- Wind instrument,
- Wind pump,
- Wind rose,
- Wind rush,
- Wind sail,
- Wind shake,
- Wind shock,
- Wind side,
- Wind signal,
- Wind wheel,
- Wind-up,
- Winding engine,
- Winding sheet,
- Winding tackle,
- Wood wind,
- antitrade wind,
- break wind,
- breaking wind,
- catabatic wind,
- chinook wind,
- east wind,
- field winding,
- gentle wind,
- get wind,
- high wind,
- katabatic wind,
- long winded,
- north wind,
- northwest wind,
- prevailing wind,
- primary winding,
- second wind,
- secondary winding,
- solar wind,
- south wind,
- straw in the wind,
- tail wind,
- west wind,
- wind bell,
- wind chime,
- wind cone,
- wind deflection,
- wind exposure,
- wind farm,
- wind gage,
- wind generation,
- wind generator,
- wind harp,
- wind park,
- wind poppy,
- wind power,
- wind scale,
- wind sleeve,
- wind sock,
- wind tee,
- wind tunnel,
- wind turbine,
- wind vane,
- Broken-winded,
- Long-winded,
- Short-winded,
- Stem-winding,
- Thick-winded,
- Three sheets in the wind,
- To eat the wind out of a vessel,
- Wind Gap, PA,
- Wind Lake, WI,
- Wind Point, WI,
- Wind-break,
- Wind-broken,
- Wind-fertilized,
- Wind-plant,
- Wind-rode,
- Wind-shaken,
- Wind-sucker,
- Wind-sucking,
- ill-wind,
- long-windedly,
- pinwheel wind collector,
- self-winding,
- wind energy facility,
- winding-clothes,
- winding-sheet,
- To take the wind out of one's sails,
- wind cave national park