windings

[wahyn-ding]

wind·ing

[wahyn-ding]
noun
1.
the act of a person or thing that winds.
2.
a bend, turn, or flexure.
3.
a coiling, folding, or wrapping, as of one thing about another.
4.
something that is wound or coiled, or a single round of it.
5.
Electricity.
a.
a symmetrically laid, electrically conducting current path in any device.
b.
the manner of such coiling: a series winding.
adjective
6.
bending or turning; sinuous.
7.
spiral, as stairs.

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Windings is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.

Origin:
before 1050; Middle English (noun), Old English windung (noun); see wind2, -ing1, -ing2

wind·ing·ly, adverb
wind·ing·ness, noun
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