n.
1.a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism)
2.mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
3.mechanical device around which something can be wound
Idiom of the Day
take (something) for granted
to assume that something is a certain way or is correct
"I took it for granted that you knew him. That is why I did not introduce you."
History Facts
During a famine and drought in Jamestown, America, in 1609, one settler was executed for eating his dead wife.
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