wynd
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of wynd
1375–1425; late Middle English ( Scots ) wynde, Old English gewind winding path. See wind 2
Example Sentences
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The night that Tor- wynd ... my boy, he ...”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
And Tor- wynd ... it was the cold claimed him.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
This made him take a bye-road to Libberton wynd.
From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by Howie, John
It fell out unexpectedly to Mr. Vetch, that the meeting voted him to preach the next day after he came, in the new meeting-house over against Libberton's wynd.
From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by Howie, John
This same yere upon seynt Maurys day, the yere of our lord a mlccclxj, was the gret wynd whiche caste doun tres, houses, pynacles and steplees of chirches and manye places in Engelond.
From A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum by Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir
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