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–noun

1.	a person or thing that winds.

2.	a staircase step for changing direction. Compare flier (def. 9).

3.	a plant that coils or twines itself about something.

4.	an instrument or a machine for winding thread or the like.

[Origin: 1545–55; wind² + -er¹

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wind³ Audio Help (wīnd, wĭnd) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. wind·ed (wīn'dĭd, wĭn'-) or wound (wound), wind·ing, winds Music

To blow (a wind instrument).
To sound by blowing.

[From wind¹.]

wind'er n.

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wind·er¹ Audio Help (wīn'dər) Pronunciation Key
n.

One that winds, especially a textile worker or machine that winds cloth or materials.
An object, such as a spool or barrel, around which material is wound.
A device, such as a key, for winding up a spring-driven mechanism.
One of the steps of a winding staircase.

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win·der² Audio Help (wĭn'dər) Pronunciation Key
n. Upper Southern U.S.
Variant of window. See Regional Note at holler².

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winder
noun
1.	a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism)
2.	mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
3.	mechanical device around which something can be wound

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ˈwinder noun

a lever or instrument for winding, on a clock or other mechanism

Arabic:	لَفّاف، مِفْتاح تَدْوير
Chinese (Simplified):	卷场机，卷绕机
Chinese (Traditional):	卷場機，卷繞機
Czech:	natahovací knoflík, *páčka
Danish:	nøgle
Dutch:	sleutel
Estonian:	hoob, nupp
Finnish:	nuppi, avain
French:	remontoir
German:	die Winde
Greek:	κουρδιστήρι
Hungarian:	felhúzó
Icelandic:	trekkjari
Indonesian:	pemutar
Italian:	(corona)

Japanese:	ねじ巻きつまみ
Korean:	감는 장치
Latvian:	uzvelkamā atslēga
Lithuanian:	prisukimo raktas
Norwegian:	urnøkkel, sveiv
Polish:	klucz do nakręcania, *naciągu
Portuguese (Brazil):	corda
Portuguese (Portugal):	botao de corda
Romanian:	cheie de întors (ceasul)
Russian:	заводной рычажок
Slovak:	naťahovací gombík , * kľúčik
Slovenian:	navijalo
Spanish:	cuerda
Swedish:	spole, vinda, urnyckel, uppdragskrona
Turkish:	kurma anahtarı

See also: be/get wound up, winding, wind, wind up, "winder" in any language

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Winder, GA (city, FIPS 83420) Location: 33.99201 N, 83.72217 W
Population (1990): 7373 (3202 housing units)
Area: 24.1 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 30680

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Winder

Wind"er\, n. [From Wind to turn.]

1. One who, or that which, winds; hence, a creeping or winding plant.

2. An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like.

3. (Arch.) One in a flight of steps which are curved in plan, so that each tread is broader at one end than at the other; -- distinguished from flyer.

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Winder

Wind"er\, v. t. & i. [Prov. E. winder a fan, and to winnow. ?. Cf. Winnow.] To fan; to clean grain with a fan. [Prov. Eng.]

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Winder

Wind"er\, n. A blow taking away the breath. [Slang]

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Winder

Wind"er\, v. i. To wither; to fail. [Obs.] --Holland.

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