Stem-winder | Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

Winder
·noun A blow taking away the breath. II. Winder ·vi To <<Wither>>; to <<Fail>>. III. Winder ·noun ...

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winder
Transportation for life. The blowen has napped a winder for a lift; the wench is transported for lif...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Stem
·noun A branch of a family. II. Stem ·noun The entire central axis of a feather. III. Stem ·vt To ...

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stem
The foremost piece uniting the bows of a ship; its lower end scarphs into the keel, and the bowsprit...

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Stem-clasping
·adj Embracing the stem with its base; amplexicaul; as a leaf or petiole. ...

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Stem-winding
·adj Wound by mechanism connected with the stem; as, a stem-winding watch. ...

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gouty-stem
n. the Australian Baobab-tree (q.v.), Adansonia gregori, F. v. M.According to Maiden (p. 60), Sterc...

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armed stem
See beak. ...

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false stem
A hard timber fayed to the fore-part of the main stem, its tail covering the fore-end of the keel. (...

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stem-knee
In ship-building, the compass-timber which connects the keel with the stem. (See dead-wood knees.) ...

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