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Winder

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winder [′wīn·dər]
(building construction)
A step, generally wedge-shaped, with a tread that is wider at one end than the other; often used in spiral staircases.
winder, wheel step
A step, more or less wedge-shaped, with its tread wider at one end than the other, as in a spiral stair.
Winder 

(in the textile industry), a machine for rewinding yarn and thread. A distinction is made between warp and weft winders. The warp winders are divided into parallel and cross-winding machines, in terms of the type of yarn packing produced.

With parallel winding, the thread is wound on a double-headed bobbin along a spiral with a slight angle; with cross winding, a flangeless packing bobbin is used with a large spiral. Cross-winding machines are the most common, since they are more productive and form a package that is convenient for subsequent rewinding and dyeing processes.
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I have seen Winder make one of the house-servants stand off from him a suitable distance to be touched with the end of his whip, and at every stroke raise great ridges upon his back.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave by Douglass, Frederick View in context
I skips along out towards t'other end o' de house to see what's gwine on, en stops by de ole winder on de side towards Pudd'nhead Wilson's house dat ain't got no sash in it-- but dey ain't none of 'em got any sashes, for as dat's concerned-- en I stood dah in de dark en look out, en dar in the moonlight, right down under me 'uz one o' de twins a-cussin'--not much, but jist a-cussin' soft--it 'uz de brown one dat 'uz cussin,'
Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context
The only real sin you've committed, as I figger it out, was in comin' here by the winder when you'd ben sent to bed.
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context
 
 
 
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