wynd
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of wynd
1375–1425; late Middle English ( Scots ) wynde, Old English gewind winding path. See wind 2
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The night that Tor- wynd ... my boy, he ...”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
And Tor- wynd ... it was the cold claimed him.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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
But there's balm in Gilead, Mr. Osbaldistone—Mattie, I can let mysell in—see Mr. Osbaldistone to Luckie Flyter's, at the corner o' the wynd.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III by Henry Cabot Lodge
This made him take a bye-road to Libberton wynd.
From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by John Howie
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