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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Winter \Win"ter\, n. [AS. winter; akin to OFries. & D. winter, OS. & OHG. wintar, G. winter, D. & Sw. vinter, Icel. vetr, Goth. wintrus; of uncertain origin; cf. Old Gallic vindo- white (in comp.), OIr. find white. ????.] [1913 Webster] 1. The season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year. "Of thirty winter he was old." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] And after summer evermore succeeds Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Winter lingering chills the lap of May. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] Note: North of the equator, winter is popularly taken to include the months of December, January, and February (see {Season}). Astronomically, it may be considered to begin with the winter solstice, about December 21st, and to end with the vernal equinox, about March 21st. [1913 Webster] 2. The period of decay, old age, death, or the like. [1913 Webster] Life's autumn past, I stand on winter's verge. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] {Winter apple}, an apple that keeps well in winter, or that does not ripen until winter. {Winter barley}, a kind of barley that is sown in autumn. {Winter berry} (Bot.), the name of several American shrubs ({Ilex verticillata}, {Ilex laevigata}, etc.) of the Holly family, having bright red berries conspicuous in winter. {Winter bloom}. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Azalea. (b) A plant of the genus {Hamamelis} ({Hamamelis Viginica}); witch-hazel; -- so called from its flowers appearing late in autumn, while the leaves are falling. {Winter bud} (Zool.), a statoblast. {Winter cherry} (Bot.), a plant ({Physalis Alkekengi}) of the Nightshade family, which has, a red berry inclosed in the inflated and persistent calyx. See {Alkekengi}. {Winter cough} (Med.), a form of chronic bronchitis marked by a cough recurring each winter. {Winter cress} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered cruciferous plant ({Barbarea vulgaris}). {Winter crop}, a crop which will bear the winter, or which may be converted into fodder during the winter. {Winter duck}. (Zool.) (a) The pintail. (b) The old squaw. {Winter egg} (Zool.), an egg produced in the autumn by many invertebrates, and destined to survive the winter. Such eggs usually differ from the summer eggs in having a thicker shell, and often in being enveloped in a protective case. They sometimes develop in a manner different from that of the summer eggs. {Winter fallow}, ground that is fallowed in winter. {Winter fat}. (Bot.) Same as {White sage}, under {White}. {Winter fever} (Med.), pneumonia. [Colloq.] {Winter flounder}. (Zool.) See the Note under {Flounder}. {Winter gull} (Zool.), the common European gull; -- called also {winter mew}. [Prov. Eng.] {Winter itch}. (Med.) See {Prarie itch}, under {Prairie}. {Winter lodge}, or {Winter lodgment}. (Bot.) Same as {Hibernaculum}. {Winter mew}. (Zool.) Same as {Winter gull}, above. [Prov. Eng.] {Winter moth} (Zool.), any one of several species of geometrid moths which come forth in winter, as the European species ({Cheimatobia brumata}). These moths have rudimentary mouth organs, and eat no food in the imago state. The female of some of the species is wingless. {Winter oil}, oil prepared so as not to solidify in moderately cold weather. {Winter pear}, a kind of pear that keeps well in winter, or that does not ripen until winter. {Winter quarters}, the quarters of troops during the winter; a winter residence or station. {Winter rye}, a kind of rye that is sown in autumn. {Winter shad} (Zool.), the gizzard shad. {Winter sheldrake} (Zool.), the goosander. [Local, U. S.] {Winter sleep} (Zool.), hibernation. {Winter snipe} (Zool.), the dunlin. {Winter solstice}. (Astron.) See {Solstice}, 2. {Winter teal} (Zool.), the green-winged teal. {Winter wagtail} (Zool.), the gray wagtail ({Motacilla melanope}). [Prov. Eng.] {Winter wheat}, wheat sown in autumn, which lives during the winter, and ripens in the following summer. {Winter wren} (Zool.), a small American wren ({Troglodytes hiemalis}) closely resembling the common wren. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Winter \Win"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wintered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wintering}.] To pass the winter; to hibernate; as, to winter in Florida. [1913 Webster] Because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence. --Acts xxvii. 12. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Winter \Win"ter\, v. i. To keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter young cattle on straw. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: winter n 1: the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox [syn: {winter}, {wintertime}] v 1: spend the winter; "We wintered on the Riviera"; "Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island" [syn: {winter}, {overwinter}] From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: Winter /vintr/ winter; wintertime From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: winter‐ winter; winter‐; ofthewinter From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: winter /wintər/ winter