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wince, winch, winsh, wunch,
winch [wɪnʃ, wɛnʃ]
n. A wince, a start.
v. To wince, recoil, start back. To kick, prance.
wainch, wenchin, wenching, whinch, winch, winch$t, winched, winchin, winchit, wincht, winshin, wunch, wunshin, wynchin,
winch [wɪnʃ, wɛnʃ]
n. A wench. A young (unmarried) woman.
v. To wench. To court, to keep company with one of the opposite sex.
pt. pp. wincht
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
winchin: Wenching. Trying to attract females.
wan, wan$, wand, win, win$, win$et, wind, winder, windin, windir, windit, windle, windleen, windlin, wine, winer, winit, winleen, winlen, winlin, winndin, winnel, winnels, winner, winnles, wun, wun, wun$, wun$, wund, wund, wundin, wundit, wundle, wunit, wunlin, wunn, wunn, wunner, wunnin, wunnle, wyn, wynn,
wind [wɪn(d), wʌn(d)]
n. A wind. A reel or instrument for winding yarn. The angle at which the spokes of a wheel are set in the nave.
v. To wind, to plait, twist a rope etc. to coil. To move, betake oneself, proceed. To wrap a corpse in a shroud.
pt. wind, windit [wɪn(d)(ɪt), wʌn(d)(ɪt), MN. win(ɪt)], wand [wan(d)]
pp. windit, wund [wʌn(d)]
 
windle [wɪn(d)l]
also windlin
n. A bottle or measure of straw, a bundle of straw.
pl. windles A device for winding yarn or thread on to bobbins.
v. Tomake up straw or hay into bottles.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
winder [wɪn(d)ər, wʌn(d)ər]: A winder, an instrument for twisting ropes from straw.
windin: Winding, following a twisting or spiral course or such a movement.
 
See wynd also.
fairy_wind, fairyween, furl-win, giddy-wind, ill-win, ill-wind, kithy-wind, knap-at-the-win, knap-at-the-wind, oot-win, oot-wind, pirr-windie, raise-o-the-win, raise-o-the-wind, shouder-the-win, shouder-the-wind, shouther-the-win, skailwin, skailwind, skailwun, skailwund, spirewind, spyrewind, wee$n, ween, weenin, wen, whirlwind, willie-whip-the-win, willie-whip-the-wind, win, win$, win$art, win$et, win$-feed, win-casten, wind, wind-casten, wind-feed, windie, windin, windit, windmill, windraa, windraw, windrow, windspeil, windspell, windwart, windy, wine, win-feed, winit, win-mall, win-mäll, winmill, win-mill, win-mull, winnart, winndin, winny, winraa, winraw, winrow, winrow, wuin, wun, wun$, wund, wundie, wundin, wundit, wundraa, wundy, wunit, wunmill, wunmull, wunn, wunnin, wunnor, wunra, wunraa, wunras, wyn, wynn,
wind [wɪn(d), wʌn(d), MN. win]
n. The wind.
v. To winnow. To talk extravagantly, to exaggerate, boast.
pt. windit adj. Winded.
 
windy
adj. Windy.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
fairy wind: A sudden gust of wind or a whirlwind.
giddy-wind: I.Ork. A whirlwind.
houlin o wind: I.Ork. A very strong gale.
ill-wind: Scandal, slander, evil report about someone, Impudence, abusive language, to employ abusive language to a person.
kep the wind: Keep the wind out.
knap-at-the-wind: A mere bite (of a stray dog).
oot-wind: A wind off the sea.
pirr-windie: A breeze.
puff-the-wind: A bellows.
raise-o-the-wind: A stroke of good luck.
reezin wind: A strong dry wind.
shouder-the-wind: A deformity in which one shoulder is higher than the other, up in one shoulder.
skailwind: A scattering wind, a hurricane.
spirewind: A whirlwind or tornado.
whirlwind: A whirlwind.
willie-whip-the-wind: The kestrel Falco tinnunculus.
wind bird: I.Ork.: The kestrel Falco tinnunculus.
wind-casten: Cast aside by the wind.
wind cuffer: I.Ork. The kestrel Falco tinnunculus.
wind-feed: NN.b. I. A slight shower of rain on a windy day.
windin: Winnowing, boasting, boastful.
windless: Windless.
windmill: A windmill.
windraw: A row or line into which mown hay is raked or in which small piles of cut peats are set to help drying.
windspeil [I.Sh. -spil, -spɛl, -spel]: A windmil, a wind turbine.
windwart [-(w)ərt]: Windward.
weenda, weenda, winda, windae, windae-brod, windae-brods, windae-chess, windae-sneck, windae-sole, windae-soll, windee, windey, windi, windie, windie-stool, windock, windoo, window-sole, windy, windystool, winnock, winnock-breed, winnock-breeds, wonda, wunda, wundae, wunday, wundee, wundie, wundih, wundy,
windae [ˈwɪndə, ˈwʌndə, ˈwɪnde, ˈwʌnde, ˈwɪndi, ˈwʌndi]
also winnock [ˈwɪnək, ˈwʌnək]
n. A window.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
windae-brod: A window shutter or board. pl. windae-brods.
windae-chess: A window sash.
windae-sneck: A window catch.
windae-sole: A window-sill.
windass, windois,
windass [ˈwɪn(d)ɪs]
n. A windlass used for taking up water from the shaft of a coal-mine. A fan for winnowing grain.
windle_strae, windle_straes, windlestrae, windle-strae, windlestraw, winnelstrae, winnlestrae, winnlestraw, wunnelstrae, wunnelstrae, wunnelstroe, wunnled_straes,
windlestrae [ˈwɪn(d)lstre, ˈwʌn(d)lstre]
n. A tall, thin, withered stalk of grass. Various kinds of natural grass with long thin stalks such as Cynosurus cristatus, Holcus lanatus, Deschampsia cespitosa or Lolium perenne. An atom, a mere fragment.
adj. Easily blown about, feeble, weak, thin, delicate.
 
From wind n. + le + strae
wine, wine-slide, wyne, wyne-slide,
wine [wəin]
n. Wine. S. The barberry Berberis vulgaris.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
Aidam's wine: Water.
wine drinkers: col. Herring Clupea harengus.
wine-slide: A coaster for a wine bottle or decanter which can be slid along a table.
waingle, weenglan, weengle, weenkle, wengl, wengle, wenglet, wenglit, wenkl, wenkle, whingle, wingelt, wingl, wingle, winglet, winglit, wingl-wangl, winkle,
wingle [wɪŋl, wiŋl]
also I.Ork. weenkle [wiŋkl]
n. A winding object, something which bends or twists.
v. To walk unsteadily in a wobbly, zig-zag fashion, reel, totter. To move with difficulty under a heavy load. To stagger, to struggle on against obstacles. To twist, wriggle, bend, to bend with reflex curves, to bend backward and forward. Of streams etc.: to meander. To hang loosely, dangle, to flap, flutter, wag.
pt. pp. wingelt
watery_winkie, watterie_winkie, wink, winker, winkers, winkie,
wink [wɪŋk, wʌŋk]
n. A wink. A lamp.
v. To wink, to blink, to close one's eyes, keep one's eyes closed.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
watterie winkie: NEC. The pied wagtail Motacilla alba.
Willie Winkie: The sandman who sends children to sleep.
winker [ˈwɪŋkər, ˈwʌŋkər]: An eyelid, eyelash. A lamp or light.

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