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
When I first went to speak in Glasgow, it was in a solemn old hall, up a wynd.
From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob
As saylyng is more pleasaunt when wee haue borne the wynd and the tyde, so be we soner taught those things to the whych we be inclined by redines of wyt.
From The Education of Children by Sherry, Richard
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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