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WYND, _s._ A warrior.
_Gawan and Gol._
Germ. _winn_, _winne_, certator, bellator.
_To_ WIND, _v. n._ To magnify in narration, to tell marvellous stories, S.; perhaps from _wind_, ventus, as a person of this description is said to _blow_.
~Winder~, _s._ One who deals in the marvellous, S.
WINDCUFFER, _s._ The name given to the kestrel, Orkn.
_Barry._
WINDFLAUCHT, _adj._ With impetuous motion, as driven by the wind, S.
_Douglas._
Teut. _wind-vlaeghe_, turbo, procella.
WYNDEL-STRAY, WINDLE-STRAE, _s._
1. Smooth-crested gra.s.s, S.
_Ross._
2. Any trifling obstacle.
_Rutherford._
A. S. _windel-streowe_, a wheat or oaten straw.
_To_ WINDLE, _v. a._ To make up (straw or hay) into bottles, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
Teut. _windel-en_, fasciis vel fasciolis involvere.
~Windlen, Wonlyne~, _s._ A bottle of straw or hay, S.
_Ramsay._
Norw. _vandel_, a portion of hay or straw.
WINDOCK, WINNOCK, _s._ A window, S.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _vindauge_, Su. G. _windoega_; from _wind_, the higher part of a house, and _oega_, an eye.
WIND-SKEW, _s._ An instrument used for preventing smoke, Mearns.
Su. G. _wind_, and _skufw-a_, _sky_, vitare.
WYNE ~and~ ONWYNE, _adv._ To the right and left hand, every where, S. B.
From E. _wind_, to turn.
_Ross._
WINE-BERRY, _s._ The common currant, S. B.
_Pop. Ball._
WINED, L. _urned_.
V. ~Urn~.
_Wallace._
_To_ WINFREE, _v. a._ To raise from the ground, to disentangle, Aberd.
_Forbes._
From the v. _win_, and _free_.
_To_ WYNIS, _v. n._ To decay, to pine away, S. B.
Perh. corr. from E. _vanish_.
WINK, _s. In a wink_, in a moment, S. B.
_Morison._
WINKERS, _s._ The eye-lashes, S.
