wynd

[ wahynd ]

/ waɪnd /

noun Chiefly Scot.

a narrow street or alley.

Nearby words

wyld, wyler, wylie, wyliecoat, wyn jones, wynd, wyndham, wynette, wynkyn de worde, wynn, wyo.

Origin of wynd

1375–1425; late Middle English (Scots) wynde, Old English gewind winding path. See wind²

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Examples from the Web for wynd

Mr. Wynd said the shrinking process includes filling the head with hot sand and boiling it with herbs.
Dodo Bones and Kylie’s Poo: Inside London’s Strangest New Museum|Liza Foreman|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“The main idea of the museum is to cheer people up,” Wynd says.
Dodo Bones and Kylie’s Poo: Inside London’s Strangest New Museum|Liza Foreman|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Curiosity cabinets are really a 16th century thing of trying to understand the world,” Wynd says.
Dodo Bones and Kylie’s Poo: Inside London’s Strangest New Museum|Liza Foreman|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There, Wynd confesses that he had spent the night sleeping on the floor, after a technical glitch was discovered around midnight.
Dodo Bones and Kylie’s Poo: Inside London’s Strangest New Museum|Liza Foreman|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

According to Wynd, “Freddie Mercury once said he wanted to lead a Victorian life surrounded by exquisite clutter.”
Dodo Bones and Kylie’s Poo: Inside London’s Strangest New Museum|Liza Foreman|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And with that Macfarlane took his departure and drove off up the wynd in his gig to get under cover before daylight.
Tales and Fantasies|Robert Louis Stevenson
Gow, and Hal of the Wynd, as heathens used to summon their deities by different epithets.
The Fair Maid of Perth|Sir Walter Scott
A wrought-iron lantern hanging in an arched opening, lighted the entrance to the wynd.
Greyfriars Bobby|Eleanor Atkinson
The Flushing went out, but, wynd proving contrary, retorned back to Cochy roade.
Diary of Richard Cocks Vol. I|Richard Cocks
Tailed by scuffling gamins, the strange little procession moved quickly down the wynd and turned into the roaring Cowgate.
Greyfriars Bobby|Eleanor Atkinson

British Dictionary definitions for wynd

wynd

/ (waɪnd) /

noun

Scot a narrow lane or alley

Word Origin for wynd

C15: from the stem of wind ²

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