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Search phrase: winding

Plays

 5 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Henry VH5 IV.i.272Winding up days with toil, and nights with sleep,Winding vp Dayes with toyle, and Nights with sleepe,
Henry VI Part 33H6 I.i.129Shall be my winding-sheet. Why faint you, lords?Shall be my Winding-sheet. Why faint you Lords?
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.v.114These arms of mine shall be thy winding-sheet;These armes of mine shall be thy winding sheet:
The TempestTem II.i.14Look, he's winding up theLooke, hee's winding vp the
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG II.vii.31And so by many winding nooks he strays,And so by many winding nookes he straies

Poems

 2 result(s).
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1151 Or one encompassed with a winding maze, Or one incompast with a winding maze,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1407 Thin winding breath which purled up to the sky. Thin winding breath which purl'd vp to the skie.

Glossary

 14 result(s).
cereclothwaxed winding-sheet, shroud
cerementswaxed shroud, grave-clothes, winding sheet
crankwinding path, twisting street, sidestreet
crankwinding passage, meandering duct
creekwinding path, narrow lane
haytype of winding country dance
meandercrooked path, winding way
searecloathwaxed winding-sheet, shroud
sheetedshrouded, wrapped in a winding-sheet
snakytwisting, winding, sinuous; also: deceitful
strayingwinding, twisting, rambling
turnwinding path, twisting street, sidestreet
winding-sheetburial cloth, shroud
windringwinding, wandering

Thesaurus

 19 result(s).
passage, windingcrank
path, windingcreek
path, windingcrank
path, windingturn
sheet, windingcerements
way, windingmeander
windingstraying
windingwindring
windingsnaky
winding passagecrank
winding pathcrank
winding pathturn
winding pathcreek
winding sheetcerements
winding waymeander
winding-sheet, waxedcerecloth
winding-sheet, waxedsearecloath
winding-sheet, wrapped in a sheeted
wrapped in a winding-sheetsheeted

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Words Families

 3 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
SHEETTYPEwinding-sheet n
WIND [turn]BASICwinding adj
WIND [turn]OBJECTwinding-sheet n

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