wynd

[ wahynd ]

noun

, Chiefly Scot.

1. a narrow street or alley.

wynd

/ waɪnd /

noun

1. a narrow lane or alley

Word History and Origins

Origin of wynd¹

1375–1425; late Middle English ( Scots ) wynde, Old English gewind winding path. See wind ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of wynd¹

C15: from the stem of wind ²

Example Sentences

Mr. Wynd said the shrinking process includes filling the head with hot sand and boiling it with herbs.

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“The main idea of the museum is to cheer people up,” Wynd says.

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“Curiosity cabinets are really a 16th century thing of trying to understand the world,” Wynd says.

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There, Wynd confesses that he had spent the night sleeping on the floor, after a technical glitch was discovered around midnight.

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According to Wynd, “Freddie Mercury once said he wanted to lead a Victorian life surrounded by exquisite clutter.”

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And with that Macfarlane took his departure and drove off up the wynd in his gig to get under cover before daylight.

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Once Chirsty left him and took up her abode in a house just across the wynd.

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Once the lights of a little town are lit, who could ever hope to tell all its story, or the story of a single wynd in it?

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Tailed by scuffling gamins, the strange little procession moved quickly down the wynd and turned into the roaring Cowgate.

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A wrought-iron lantern hanging in an arched opening, lighted the entrance to the wynd.

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