stem-winding

(-wīn′diŋ)

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adjective

wound by turning a knurled knob at the outer end of the stem

See stem-winding in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Wound by turning an expanded crown on the stem.
Of, relating to, or characterized by rousing oration: “a stem-winding style that one associates with the Senate of a hundred years ago” (New Yorker).

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