WINDING-SHEET
\wˈa͡ɪndɪŋʃˈiːt], \wˈaɪndɪŋʃˈiːt], \w_ˈaɪ_n_d_ɪ_ŋ_ʃ_ˈiː_t]\
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A sheet in which a corpse is wrapped a piece of tallow or wax hanging down from a burning candle-regarded by the ignorant as an omen of death. "He feel asleep on his arms a long winding-sheet in the candle dripping down upon him." Dickens.
By Daniel Lyons
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A sheet or cloth in which a dead body is wound or wrapped; to wind off, to unroll; to uncoil; to wind out, to extricate; to wind up, to bring into a small compass; to roll into a ball or coil; to bring to a conclusion or a final settlement, as the affairs of an estate or company; to put into a state for continuing motion, as a clock; to raise by winding; to wind a ship, to turn it completely so that the wind may strike it on the opposite side.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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