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whindle
▪ I. whindle, v. Obs. exc. dial. (ˈhwɪnd(ə)l) Also 7 whinil, 7–9 whinnel. [app. f. whine v. + -le.] intr. To whine, whimper. Hence ˈwhindling vbl. n.; ˈwhindling ppl. a., weak, pining, puny; fig. trifling, petty. So ˈwhindle n., (a) a whining creature; (b) a low cry, a whine.1601 Munday & Chettle De...
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whimling
† whimling Obs. Also 7 -len. [Cf. whifling and whinnelling s.v. whindle.] A miserable or insignificant creature.1612 Beaum. & Fl. Coxcomb iv. i, Go whimling, and fetch two or three grating loaves out of the Kitching. 1616 B. Jonson Masques, Love Restored, Before I could procure my properties, alarum...
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windle
▪ I. windle, n.1 Now dial. or local. (ˈwɪnd(ə)l) Forms: 1–3 windel, (1 -il), 3–6 wyndel, 6 wyndle, -dille, -dell, 8–9 dial. winnel, 6– windle. [OE. windel str. m., ‘cartellus’, ‘fiscella’, ‘canistrum’, ‘corbis’, f. windan to plait, wind v.1: see -le 1. Parallel in formation are OHG. wintilâ (MHG., G...
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wind
▪ I. wind, n.1 (wɪnd, poet. also waɪnd) Forms: 1– wind, 3–6 wynd, (4 wint, wynt, whynde, wend, Sc. vend), 4–6 wynde, Sc. vynd, 4–7 winde, (5 wende, wyind, wijnd, wyynd; Sc. 6–7 wound, 6–8 win, 9 win', wun). [OE. wind = OFris., OS., (M)LG., (M)Du. wind, OHG., MHG. wint, wind- (G. wind), ON. vindr (Sw...
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