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 narrow wynd was as dark as pitch, save where the light of a chance torch showed crowded forms and snarling faces, while the din and tumult were enough to daunt the boldest.
From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Stanley J. Weyman
In Glasgow I sometimes delivered lectures on the Sunday in a quaint old hall situated up a wynd in Candleriggs.
From English Secularism A Confession Of Belief by George Jacob Holyoake
The front stood still, and would have retreated back into the wynd, but could not; for those behind, unconscious of the cause of the stoppage, urged on and forced them out into the street.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various
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