Wind-Flower. See ANEMONY. Wind-Mill. a kind of mill, the internal parts of which are much the same with those of a water-mill: from which, however, it differs, in being moved by the impulse of the wind upon its sails or vanes, which are to be considered as a wheel in axis. See MECHANICS, n° 62. Wind-Gage. See Wind-GAGE. Wind-Galls, in surgery. See there § xxxiii.
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