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A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds.

An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind; a wind gauge.

Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind-Fertilized.

An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a v…

A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind.

On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed…

On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm aweather!

The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand.

A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.

A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind.

To put on the other tack by dropping the lee anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails (which brings the vessel's head to the win…

To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to wind; -- often with about or around.

A bank or rounded hillock of sand thrown up by the wind along or near the shore; a flattish-topped hill; -- usually in the plural.

Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind.

A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps.

Toward the rising sun; or toward the point where the sun rises when in the equinoctial; as, the east gate; the east border; the east s…

The act of filling with wind; a breathing or puffing out; a puff, as of wind.

A sudden squall; a violent blast of wind; a sudden and brief rushing or driving of the wind. Snow, and hail, stormy gust and flaw.