King James Bible Dictionary

Annual return of, shall never cease
Genesis 8:22

Plowing in, in Canaan
Proverbs 20:4

Rainy season in, in Canaan
Song of Solomon 2:11

Shipping suspended in, on the Mediterranean Sea
Acts 27:12; Acts 28:11

Paul remains one winter at Nicopolis
Titus 3:12

Summer and winter houses
Jeremiah 36:22; Amos 3:15
Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena

WINTER, noun

1. The cold season of the year. Astronomically considered, winter commences in northern latitudes when the sun enters Capricorn, or at the solstice about the 21st of December, and ends at the equinox in March; but in ordinary discourse, the three winter months are December, January, and February. Our Saxon ancestors reckoned the years by winters; as ten winters; thirty winters. In tropical climates, there are two winters annually; but they cannot be said to be cold. In the temperate and frigid climates, there is one winter only in the year.

2. The part of the printing press which sustains the carriage.

WINTER, verb intransitive To pass the winter He wintered in Italy. Cattle winter well on good fodder.

WINTER, verb transitive To feed or manage during the winter To winter young cattle on straw, is not profitable. Delicate plants must be wintered under cover.

WINTER-APPLE, noun [winter and apple.] An apple that keeps well in winter.

WINTER-BARLEY, noun [winter and barley.] A kind of barley which is sowed in autumn.

WINTER-BEATEN, adjective [winter and beat.] Harassed by the severe weather of winter.

WINTER-BERRY, noun [winter and berry.] A plant of the genus Prinos.

WINTER-BLOOM, noun [winter and bloom.] A plant of the genus Azalea.

WINTER-CHERRY, noun [winter and cherry.] A plant of the genus Physalis, and its fruit, which is of the size of a cherry.

WINTER-CITRON, noun [winter and citron.] A sort of pear.

WINTER-CRESS, noun [winter and cress.] A plant of the genus Erysimum.

WINTER-CROP, noun [winter and crop.] A crop which will bear the winter, or which may be converted into fodder during the winter.

WINTERED, participle passive Kept through the winter.

WINTER-FALLOW, noun [winter and fallow.] Ground that is fallowed in winter.

WINTER-GARDEN, noun [winter and garden.] An ornamental garden for winter.

WINTER-GREEN, noun [winter and green.] A plant of the genus Pyrola, useful as a vulnerary.

WINTERING, participle present tense Passing the winter; keeping in winter.

WINTER-KILL, verb transitive [winter and kill.] To kill by means of the weather in winter; as, to winter-kill wheat or clover.

WINTER-KILL, verb intransitive To be killed by the winter. Wheat is liable to winter-kill in moist land.

WINTER-KILLED, participle passive Killed by the winter, as grain.

WINTER-KILLING, participle present tense Killing by the weather in winter.

WINTER-LODGE, WINTER-LODGMENT, noun [winter and lodge.] In botany, the hybernacle of a plant, which protects the embryo or future shoot from injuries during the winter. It is either a bud or a bulb.

WINTER-LODGE, WINTER-LODGMENT noun [winter and lodge.] In botany, the hybernacle of a plant, which protects the embryo or future shoot from injuries during the winter. It is either a bud or a bulb.

WINTERLY, adjective Such as is suitable to winter. [Little used.]

WINTER-PEAR, noun [winter and pear.] Any pear that keeps well in winter.

WINTER-QUARTERS, noun [winter and quarters.] The quarters of an army during the winter; a winter residence or station.

WINTER-RIG, verb transitive [winter and rig.] To fallow or till in winter. [Local.]

WINTER-SOLSTICE, noun [winter and solstice.] The solstice of the winter, which takes place when the sun enters Capricorn, December 21st.

WINTERY, adjective Suitable to winter; brumal; hyemal; cold; stormy.