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WINKIT, _part. adj._ Somewhat turned; a term applied to milk, when it has lost the sweet taste, Loth.
It may refer to the supposed influence of an evil eye.
WINKLOT, _s._ A young woman, a wench.
_Peblis Play._
A. S. _wencle_, _wincle_, a handmaid.
WYNLAND, _part. pr._ Whirling, moving in a circular manner.
_Barbour._
Teut. _windel_, trochlea; _windtel-en_, volvere.
WINRAW, _s._ Hay or peats put together in long thin heaps, for the purpose of being more easily dried, S.; q. a _row_ for _winning_.
_Gl. Sibb._
WINS, _prep._ Towards, in the direction of, Ang.
WINSEY, _adj._ Of or belonging to wool, S. B., apparently corr. from E.
_woolsey_.
WINSOME, _adj._
1. Gay, merry, cheerful, S. B.
_Burns._
A. S. _winsum_, jucundus, laetus; from _wyn_, joy.
2. Comely, agreeable, engaging, S.
_Ritson._
Su. G. _waen_, Isl. _vaenn_, pulcher, amoenus.
WYNSIK, _s._ Covetousness.
_S. P. Repr._
Teut. _win_, _ge-win_, gain, and _soeck-en_, to seek.
WINT, _pret. v._ Weened.
_Pitscottie._
WYNt.i.t, _part. adj._ The same with ~Winkit~, Dumfr.
Perh. as denoting the effect of exposure to the air; Fr. _vent-er_, to blow.
WYNTYR, _s._
1. Winter.
_Wyntown._
2. A year.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _winter_ occurs in both senses.
~Wintrous~, _adj._ Wintry, stormy.
_Z. Boyd._
_To_ WINTLE, _v. n._ To stagger, to reel, S. O.
_Burns._
Teut. _windtel-en_, circ.u.magere, circ.u.mvolvere.
~Wintle~, _s._ A staggering motion, S. O.
_Burns._
WINZE, _s._ A curse or imprecation, S.
_To let a winze_, to utter a curse.
_Burns._
Teut. _wensch_, imprecatio.
