upwound

Verb

upwind (third-person singular simple present upwinds, present participle upwinding, simple past and past participle upwound)

1. (archaic, transitive) To wind upwards.
   • The cries of all on board were drowned in wind,
     And wind in thunder drowned;
     With useless sails upwound.1756, William Jay Smith, The Tempest
2. (archaic, transitive) To wind up (a mechanism).
   • Tell me not of a huge machine, / Going like a clock upwound; / All measured out each space between, / Marked out each weary round.1878, Charlotte Mary Yonge, The Disturbing Element, Or, Chronicles of the Blue-Bell Society

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