Foot, Michael (sh) and wind(1) (iou)

Foot, Michael (sh)

born July 23, 1913, Plymouth, Devon, Eng.

Leader of Great Britain's Labour Party (1980-83).

He worked as a newspaper editor and columnist (1937-74) and served in Parliament (1945-55, 1960-92). He served in Harold Wilson's cabinet as secretary of state for Employment (1974-76) and leader of the House of Commons (1976-79). A left-wing socialist, Foot became the party's chief in 1980 by defeating its right-wing candidate. This and Other left-wing trends caused some Labourites to resign to found the Social Democratic Party. His books include Aneurin Bevan (2 vol.; 1962, 1973).

wind(1) (iou)

wind noun1.
[Old English wind = Old Frisian, Old Saxon wind, Old High German wint (Dutch, German wind), Old Norse vindr, Gothic winds, from Germanic from Indo-European base repr. also by Latin ventus.]
I. lit.
Air in motion; a state of movement in the air; a perceptible current of air, usu. parallel to the surface of the ground etc. OE.
Swift I set up my sail, the wind being fair. J. Braine I wanted..to have the wind and the rain in my face. B. Okri The wind from the ocean blew hard, sending sprays of salt water to the shore.
b. A symbolical representation of the wind. M19.
A natural current of air blowing from a specified direction or defined in a particular way; transf. (in pl.) points of the compass, directions. Freq. in the four winds. OE.
east wind, north wind, south wind, west wind, north-east wind, etc.; Chinook wind, sirocco wind, etc.
b. In mah-jong: each of the four compass points taken up by the players; the player occupying such a place; also, any of sixteen tiles (four of each sort) used to represent one of the four winds. E20.
A scent carried by the wind, esp. one conveying the presence or proximity of a person or animal in hunting etc. ME.
Field Four rhebok, which had..got our wind shortly before.
II. transf.
(Excessive) gas in the stomach or intestines. OE.
Guardian Gripe water, which is used..to relieve babies suffering from..wind.
a. Air inhaled and exhaled by the lungs, breath; breathing as a vital process, transf. life. Now rare exc. as passing into sense 5c. OE.
P. V. White The fall had only knocked the wind out of me.
b. Breath as used in speaking; transf. speech, talk. Now rare exc. as in long-winded. ME.
c. Breath as needed for physical exertion; easy or regular breathing; capacity for regular breathing during physical exertion. ME.
A. Uttley The pony rested for a few minutes to get her wind.
d. A place on the body in front of the stomach where a blow temporarily takes away the breath. slang. E19.
Air in General as a substance. ME-E18.
Compressed or confined air; air contained within or filling a body. Now rare or obsolete exc. as in senses 4, 8. ME.
G. Markham A great ball of double leather fild with winde.
a. Naturally or artificially produced air as used for sounding a trumpet, organ, or Other wind instrument. LME.
b. collect. sing. & in pl. The wind instruments of an orchestra; the players of these. L19.
The rush of air caused by a rapidly moving body. Foll. by of. L16.
Astronomy. A stream of particles emanating from the sun or Other star. M20.
III. fig.
The wind as a type of something unaffected by any action, or as something unrestrained, swift, or mutable. ME.
Shakespeare Tempest Thou shalt be as free As mountain winds. C. M. Yonge 'Have you spoken to her?' 'As well speak to the wind'.
A vain or insubstantial thing; mere empty talk, meaningless rhetoric; vanity, conceit. ME.
Swift The nation then too late will find..Directors' promises but wind.
A force or influence acting on or carrying along a thing or person; a tendency or trend of affairs. LME.
Economist The mining complex..is adapting itself to the winds of change in Africa.
Phrases: beat the wind: see BEAT verb1 1. before the wind: see BEFORE preposition. between wind and water (a) Nautical on the part of a ship's side lying sometimes above water and sometimes below; (b) fig. at a vulnerable point. break one's wind, break wind: see BREAK verb. BROKEN wind. close to the wind: see CLOSE adjective & adverb. eat the wind out of: see EAT verb. gain the wind of: see GAIN verb2. get the wind up colloq. become alarmed or frightened. get wind (now rare) be revealed or divulged, become known. get wind of (a) smell out, detect by scent; (b) begin to suspect, hear a rumour of, become aware of. have the wind up colloq. be alarmed or frightened. how the wind blows, how the wind lies = which way the wind blows below. in the wind (a) to windward (of); (b) so as to perceive or to be perceived (as) by scent; (c) happening; about to happen; rumoured. in the wind's eye: see EYE noun. into the wind towards the direction from which the wind is blowing, so as to face the wind. leading wind: see LEADING adjective. like the wind very swiftly. near the wind = close to the wind s.v. CLOSE adjective & adverb. off the wind Nautical with the wind on the quarter. on a wind Nautical against a wind on either bow. on the wind (of a sound or scent) carried by the wind. on the wings of the wind: see WING noun. piss and wind: see PISS noun. piss in the wind: see PISS verb. put the wind up colloq. alarm, frighten. raise the wind: see RAISE verb. recover the wind of = gain the wind of s.v. GAIN verb2. red wind: see RED adjective. row against the wind and tide: see ROW verb1. save one's wind (now rare) abstain from useless talk, save one's breath. second wind: see SECOND adjective. sink the wind: see SINK verb. slip one's wind: see SLIP verb1. sniff the wind: see SNIFF verb 3. solar wind: see SOLAR adjective1. soldier's wind: see SOLDIER noun. straw in the wind: see STRAW noun. take the wind out of a person's sails frustrate or deflate a person, esp. by making an unexpected remark or anticipating an action, remark, etc. take wind = get wind above. three sheets to the wind: see SHEET noun2. to the winds, to the four winds in all directions; fig. into a state of abandonment or neglect; cast to the (four) winds, fling to the (four) winds, throw to the (four) winds, cast away, reject utterly. twist in the wind: see TWIST verb. under the wind (chiefly Nautical) on the side away from the wind, to leeward; spec. in a position of shelter from the wind. which way the wind blows, which way the wind lies what is the state of opinion; which are the current trends; what developments are likely. whistle down the wind: see WHISTLE verb. wind and weather exposure to the effects of the elements. with the wind in the direction in which the wind is blowing; gone with the wind, gone completely, disappeared without trace.
Comb.: wind axis Aeronautics each of a set of rectangular coordinate axes having their origin in the aircraft and the x-axis in the opposite direction to the relative wind (usu. pl.); wind band a group of wind instruments as a band or a section of an orchestra; wind-bells = wind chimes below; wind-blow (a) a stretch of land eroded by wind; (b) a destructive gale; (c) = windthrow below; wind-blown adjective (a) blown up, inflated; (b) blown on, along, or about by the wind (wind-blown bob, a bobbed hairstyle popular among women in the 1930s); wind-bound adjective unable to sail or proceed because of contrary or stormy winds; wind-brace a diagonal brace connecting the rafters of a roof; wind-bracing (the provision of) connecting members designed to stiffen a building etc. against the wind; wind-break a thing, as a row of trees, a fence, a wall, a screen, etc., used to break the force of the wind; windbreaker (a) a carminative; (b) US = wind-break above; (c) (W-) (US proprietary name for) any of various items of clothing; wind-broken adjective broken-winded; windburn (usu. superficial) inflammation or discoloration of the skin caused by exposure to wind; wind-burned, wind-burnt adjective affected by windburn; windcharger a small windmill which generates electricity for a farm, house, etc.; windcheater (a) Golf a ball driven low into the wind, spec. one played with strong back-spin; (b) a kind of thick wind-resistant short jacket with close-fitting cuffs, neck, and lower edge; wind-chest Music a chest or box in an organ which receives wind from the bellows and admits it to the pipes or reeds; wind chill (a) the cooling effect of wind blowing on a person or surface; (b) (in full wind-chill factor, wind-chill index) a measure or scale of the combined effect of low temperature and wind-speed on body temperature; wind chimes small pieces of glass etc. suspended from a frame so as to tinkle against one another in the wind; wind-cone = wind-sock below; wind-crust Mountaineering a crust formed on the surface of soft snow by the wind; wind-drift (a) (rare) a drift or current of wind; (b) the action of wind currents on water, vessels, etc.; wind-egg an imperfect or unproductive egg, esp. one with a soft shell; wind energy: obtained from harnessing the wind with windmills, wind turbines, etc.; wind-fanner: see FANNER 4; wind farm a group of energy-producing windmills or wind turbines; windflower [translating the Greek name] any plant of the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family; esp. the wood anemone, Anemone nemorosa; wind-force the force of the wind, esp. as measured on the Beaufort scale or a similar system; wind-furnace: in which the draught is obtained by means of a (high or narrow) chimney rather than by mechanical means as in a blast-furnace; wind gall a swelling on a horse's leg just above and on either side of the fetlock, caused by distension of the synovial bursa; wind-gap a gap between ridges or hills, spec. one formed by a dried-up former river valley; wind-gauge (a) = ANEMOMETER 1; (b) a graduated apparatus attached to the sights of a gun to enable allowance to be made for the effect of wind on the projectile; (c) = ANEMOMETER 2; wind-harp an Aeolian harp; wind-hole (a) the opening at the top of the windpipe, the glottis; (b) an opening in brickwork for the passage of air; (c) the hole in the lower board of a pair of bellows; (d) a ventilating shaft in a mine; (e) each of the openings in the soundboard of an organ for admitting wind to the pipes; windhover the kestrel; wind instrument a musical instrument played by means of a current of air, esp. the breath (now freq. esp. a woodwind instrument); windjammer (a) US slang a bugler, a bandsman; (b) Hist. a merchant sailing ship; (c) US slang a rumour-monger, a loquacious person; (d) = windcheater (b) above; windjamming slang (a) sailing a windjammer; (b) US slang talking, gossiping; (c) US slang playing a wind instrument; wind load, wind loading Engineering the force on a structure arising from the impact of wind on it; wind machine (a) a machine driven by the wind; (b) a device for producing a blast of air, spec. of relatively warm air for protecting crops against frost; (c) in theatrical productions etc., a machine for simulating the sound of wind; windpipe = TRACHEA 1; (a sleeve across the windpipe: see SLEEVE noun); wind player a player of a wind instrument; windproof adjective & noun (a) adjective (esp. of an outer garment) impervious to wind; (b) noun a windproof garment; windrock damage to the roots of young plants, caused by the movement of the stem in the wind; wind-rose Meteorology a rose diagram indicating the relative frequency and strength of winds from the various points of the compass at a given place; windsail (a) a sail of a windmill; (b) Nautical History a long wide tube or funnel of sailcloth used for ventilating a ship; wind-scorpion = SOLPUGID; windscreen a screen for protection from the wind; now esp. the glass screen ahead of the front seat or seats of a motor vehicle etc.; (windscreen washer, a device which washes the exterior of a windscreen by directing a jet or jets of water on to it; windscreen wiper, a device for automatic wiping of the exterior of a windscreen during rain, snow, etc., usu. consisting of a mechanically or electrically operated rubber blade on an arm, moving in an arc); wind-shake a flaw or crack in timber (supposedly) caused by the force of the wind; wind-shaked adjective (rare) = wind-shaken (a) below; wind-shaken adjective (a) shaken or agitated by the wind; (b) (of timber) affected with wind-shake; wind shear a (usu. vertical) gradient in wind velocity at right angles to the wind's direction, caused by friction with the ground surface etc.; windshield (chiefly N. Amer.) = windscreen above; wind-slab Mountaineering a thick wind-crust of a kind liable to slip and create an avalanche (cf. slab avalanche s.v. SLAB noun1); wind-sleeve, wind-sock a usu. canvas cylinder or cone flown from a mast, esp. at an airfield, to indicate the direction of the wind; wind-spider = SOLPUGID; wind-splitter colloq. (chiefly US) something very sharply formed or very swift; wind sprint Athletics a form of Exercise involving moving from a walk or slow run to a faster run and repeatedly reversing the process; wind-stocking = wind-sock above; wind-stream an air-stream, esp. the disturbed air in the wake of an aircraft; wind-suck (of a horse) have the vice of noisily drawing in and swallowing air (cf. crib-biting s.v. CRIB noun); wind-sucker a horse given to wind-sucking; windsurf verb intrans. engage in windsurfing; windsurfer (a) (Wind, proprietary name in US for) a kind of sailboard; (b) a person who engages in windsurfing; windsurfing the sport of riding on water standing on a sailboard; windswept adjective exposed to or blown by the wind; spec. (of a hairstyle) designed to give the appearance of having been blown by the wind, tousled; windthrow the uprooting and blowing down of trees by the wind; timber so uprooted; wind-tie = wind-brace above; wind-tight adjective impervious to wind; wind-trunk Music a tube in an organ through which wind passes from the bellows to the wind-chest; wind tunnel a tunnel-like apparatus for producing an air-stream of known velocity past models of aircraft, buildings, etc., in the study of wind flow or wind effects on the full-size object; wind turbine, a turbine driven by wind, esp. one having a large vaned wheel rotated by the wind to generate electricity; wind-vanner: see VANNER noun1 2; wind-way (a) a ventilating passage in a mine; (b) the narrow slit in an organ-pipe or woodwind instrument through which the wind strikes the lip of the instrument to produce sound; (c) access of the wind to a sailing vessel so as to give freedom of passage.
windlike adjective resembling (that of) the wind M17.
windermost adjective furthest to windward E17-E18.

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