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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Windy \Wind"y\, a. [Compar. Windier; superl. Windiest.] [AS. windig.] [1913 Webster] 1. Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind. "The windy hill." --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] Blown with the windy tempest of my heart. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Next the wind; windward. [1913 Webster] It keeps on the windy side of care. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Tempestuous; boisterous; as, windy weather. [1913 Webster] 4. Serving to occasion wind or gas in the intestines; flatulent; as, windy food. [1913 Webster] 5. Attended or caused by wind, or gas, in the intestines. "A windy colic." --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 6. Fig.: Empty; airy. "Windy joy." --Milton. [1913 Webster] Here's that windy applause, that poor, transitory pleasure, for which I was dishonored. --South. [1913 Webster]