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winze

1
or windz

[ winz ]

noun

, Mining.
  1. a vertical or inclined shaft driven downward from a drift into an orebody.


winze

2

[ winz ]

noun

, Scot.
  1. a curse.

winze

/ wɪnz /

noun

  1. mining a steeply inclined shaft, as for ventilation between levels
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of winze1

1750–60; earlier winds, apparently derivative of wind 2 in obsolete noun sense “apparatus for winding”

Origin of winze2

1775–85; perhaps < Dutch wens wish, wensen to wish; wish
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Word History and Origins

Origin of winze1

C18: from earlier winds, probably from C14 wynde windlass, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German winde; related to Danish vinde pulley
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Example Sentences

Winze, winz, n. in mining, a small ventilating shaft between two levels.

It was easy for a man to fall down an uncovered winze in a strange mine.

They seized Oliver by the arms and dragged him hastily towards the nearest winze that led upward.

They were in a level which the water entered, not by flowing along or descending, but, by rising up through a winze.

On hearing the noise they ran to this winze, and, looking down, saw the water boiling and roaring far below.

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