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.

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