Crossword-Solution: WINDAGE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Windage | n. | The difference between the diameter of the bore of a gun and that of the shot fired from it. |
| Windage | n. | The sudden compression of the air caused by a projectile in passing close to another body. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| WINDAGE | anagram | WEIGAND |
We have 6 clues for the answer “WINDAGE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Air friction against a moving object. | 1 answer |
| Archer's concern | 1 answer |
| Influence of air currents | 1 answer |
| deflection of a projectile as a result of the effect of the wind | 1 answer |
| A BALLOON SENT UP TO TEST AIR CURRENTS | 10 answers |
| A STORM RESULTING FROM STRONG RISING AIR CURRENTS | 11 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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Sentences with WINDAGE (5)
Consequently adequate allowance has to be made for windage, which is a very difficult factor to calculate from aloft.
The latter knows fully well that his opponent is at a serious disadvantage when beyond point-blank range, for the simple reason that in sighting the rifle or automatic pistol, it is difficult, if not impossible while aloft, to judge distances accurately, and to make the correct allowances for windage.
Despite the fact that by his manoeuvre the _Arangi_ had been hove to, he knew that windage and sea-driftage would quickly send her away from the swimming puppy.
The two-grooved rifle, when new, is particularly difficult to load, as the ball must be tight to avoid windage, and it requires some nicety in fitting and pressing the belt of the ball into the groove, in such a manner that it shall start straight upon the pressure of the loading-rod.
Their procedure was to toss their hooks and bait over the rail from shelter and slowly to pay the lines out as the slight windage of the _Elsinore’s_ hull, spars, and rigging drifted her through the water.
Quotes with WINDAGE (1)
Critics are biased and so are readers. (Indeed a critic is a bundle of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste.) But intelligent readers soon discover how to allow for the windage of their own and a critic's prejudices.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT, Universal, WP.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1962–2007).