Winding-sheet
21Feast of the Holy Winding Sheet of Christ — In 1958 Pope Pius XII declared that the Feast of the Holy Winding Sheet of Christ (now usually known as the Turin Shroud) was to be kept on the day before Ash Wednesday. HistoryA Feast of the Holy Winding Sheet of Christ originated about 1495 at… …
22The Winding Sheet — Album par Mark Lanegan Sortie en mai 1990 Enregistrement en décembre 1989 Durée 40:18 Genre Rock, Blues Produc …
23Winding — Wind ing, n. 1. A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream. [1913 Webster] To nurse the saplings tall, and curl the grove With ringlets quaint, and wanton windings wove. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
24Winding engine — Winding Wind ing, n. 1. A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream. [1913 Webster] To nurse the saplings tall, and curl the grove With ringlets quaint, and wanton windings wove. Milton. [1913… …
25Winding tackle — Winding Wind ing, n. 1. A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream. [1913 Webster] To nurse the saplings tall, and curl the grove With ringlets quaint, and wanton windings wove. Milton. [1913… …
26winding — n. 1 in senses of WIND(2) v. 2 curved or sinuous motion or movement. 3 a a thing that is wound round or coiled. b Electr. coils of wire as a conductor round an armature etc. Phrases and idioms: winding engine a machine for hoisting. winding sheet …
27sheet — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bedsheet; shroud, winding sheet, cerement; page, leaf, folio; plane, surface, plate, lamina, layer, membrane; rope, main sheet. See covering, horizontal, interment, navigation. II (Roget s IV) n. 1.… …
28winding cloth — noun A burial shroud. Syn: winding sheet …
29winding-clothes — noun burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑pall, ↑shroud, ↑cerement, ↑winding sheet • Derivationally related forms: ↑shroud (for: ↑ …
30Fly sheet — Fly Fly, n.; pl. {Flies} (fl[imac]z). [OE. flie, flege, AS. fl[=y]ge, fle[ o]ge, fr. fle[ o]gan to fly; akin to D. vlieg, OHG. flioga, G. fliege, Icel. & Sw. fluga, Dan. flue. [root] 84. See {Fly}, v. i.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) Any winged insect; esp …
