wintle
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
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to roll or swing back and forth.
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to tumble over; capsize.
Etymology
Origin of wintle
1775–85; < early Dutch windtelen ( Dutch wentelen ) to revolve, frequentative of winden to wind 2
Example Sentences
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Tho’ now ye dow but hoyte and hoble, An’ wintle like a saumont-coble, That day, ye was a jinker noble, For heels an’ win’!
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
Tho' now ye dow but hoyte and hobble, An' wintle like a saumont coble, That day, ye was a jinker noble, For heels an' win'!
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
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