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windera device for transferring energy into a mechanical storage such as mainsprings or the weights of a longcase clock. Its supply may be the hand—most familiarly so—or an electric motor.
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winderUnit at the end of the paper machine that takes the paper web from the reel, trims it, winds it into rolls and slits it to make smaller rolls if desired.
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winderStep that changes direction at bend. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 416)
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winderAnother name for the Crown. The knob used for setting the time and winding the spring.
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winderMachine for cutting the paper web longitudinally into narrower webs, which are then wound to reels; also slitter-winder.
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winderAn L-shaped staircase that uses wedge-shaped treads to make a sweeping 90-degree turn.
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winderThe Sidewinder air-to-air missile.
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