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Win"cing (?), n. The act of washing cloth, dipping it in dye, etc.,
with a wince.
Wincing machine. (a) A wince. Ure. (b) A succession of winces. See
Wince. Knight.
Win"co*pipe (?), n. (Bot.) A little red flower, no doubt the pimpernel,
which, when it opens in the morning, is supposed to bode a fair day.
See Pimpernel.
There is small red flower in the stubble fields, which country people
call the wincopipe; which if it opens in the morning, you may be sure a
fair day will follow.
Bacon.
Wind (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wound (wound) (rarely Winded); p. pr. &
vb. n. Winding.] [OE. winden, AS. windan; akin to OS. windan, D. & G.
winden, OHG. wintan, Icel. & Sw. vinda, Dan. vinde, Goth. windan (in
comp.). Cf. Wander, Wend.]
1. To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn
about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to
coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or
into a ball.
Whether to wind The woodbine round this arbor.
Milton.