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winder

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wind⋅er

[wahyn-der]
–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; wind 2 + -er 1
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wind 3   (wīnd, wĭnd)   
tr.v.   wind·ed (wīn'dĭd, wĭn'-) or wound (wound), wind·ing, winds Music
  1. To blow (a wind instrument).

  2. To sound by blowing.


[From wind1.]
wind'er n.
wind·er 1   (wīn'dər)   
n.  
  1. One that winds, especially a textile worker or machine that winds cloth or materials.

  2. An object, such as a spool or barrel, around which material is wound.

  3. A device, such as a key, for winding up a spring-driven mechanism.

  4. One of the steps of a winding staircase.

win·der 2   (wĭn'dər)   
n.   Upper Southern U.S.
Variant of window. See Regional Note at holler2.
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