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and is composed mainly of sulphur, naphtha, and pitch.

WILD-WIND. An old term for _whirlwind_.

WILL, WITH A. With all zeal and energy.

WILL. A term on our northern shores for a sea-gull.

WILLICK. A northern name for the _Fratercula arctica_, or puffin.

WILLIE-POURIT. A northern name for the seal.

WILLIWAW. A sort of whirlwind, occurring in Tierra del Fuego.

WILLOCK. A name for the guillemot, _Uria troile_.

WIMBLE. The borer of a carpenter's centre-bit.

WINCH [from the Anglo-Saxon _wince_]. A purchase formed by a shaft whose
extremities rest in two channels placed horizontally or perpendicularly,
and furnished with cranks, or clicks, and pauls. It is employed as a
purchase by which a rope or tackle-fall may be more powerfully applied
than when used singly. A small one with a fly-wheel is used for making
ropes and spun-yarn. Also, a support to the windlass ends. Also, the
name of long iron handles by which the chain-pumps are worked. Also, a
small cylindrical machine attached to masts or bitts in vessels, for the
purpose of hoisting anything out of the hold, warping, &c.

WINCH-BITTS. The supports near their ends.

WIND [precisely the Anglo-Saxon word]. A stream or current of air which
may be felt. The horizon being divided into 32 points (_see_ COMPASS),
the wind which blows from any of them has an assignable name.

WINDAGE. The vacant space left between a shot and the bore of the piece
to which it belongs, generally expressed by the difference of their
diameters; it is for facility of loading, but the smaller it is the
better will be the performance of the gun.

WIND AND WATER LINE. That part of a ship lying at the surface of the
water which is alternately wet and dry by the motion of the waves.

WIND A SHIP OR BOAT, TO. To change her position by bringing her stern
round to the place where the head was. (_See_ WENDING.)

WIND AWAY, TO. To steer through narrow channels.

WIND-BANDS. Long clouds supposed to indicate bad weather.

WIND-BOUND. Detained at an anchorage by contrary winds.

WIND-FALL. A violent gust of wind rushing from coast-ranges and
mountains to the sea. Also, some piece of good luck, a turtle, fish,
vegetables, or a prize.

WIND-GAGE. _See_ ANEMOMETER.

WIND-GALL. A luminous halo on the edge of a distant cloud, where there
is rain, usually seen in the wind's eye, and looked upon as a sure
precursor of stormy weather. Also, an atmospheric effect of prismatic
colours, s