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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And Tor- wynd ... it was the cold claimed him.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
The night that Tor- wynd ... my boy, he ...”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
The policeman turned down the school wynd, and Gavin, who had already heard exaggerated accounts of the strange woman’s escape from the town-house, proceeded along the Tenements.
From The Little Minister by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
It was with a view to this last—at that time very delicate—affair that he was lodged by Mr. K—— in the same wynd, and at last in the same building, with the dissecting-rooms.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
The wall which surrounded the gardens of the Dominican monastery ran near the foot of this wynd.
From Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume II (of 2) by Henry Glassford Bell
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