Win`ne*ba"goes (?), n.; sing. Winnebago (&?;). (Ethnol.) A tribe of
North American Indians who originally occupied the region about Green
Bay, Lake Michigan, but were driven back from the lake and nearly
exterminated in 1640 by the IIlinnois.
Win"ner (?), n. One who wins, or gains by success in competition,
contest, or gaming.
Win"ning (?), a. Attracting; adapted to gain favor; charming; as, a
winning address. "Each mild and winning note." Keble.
Win"ning, n. 1. The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by
competition.
2. The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, esp,
in gambling; — usually in the plural.
Ye seek land and sea for your winnings.
Chaucer.
3. (Mining) (a) A new opening. (b) The portion of a coal field out for
working.
Winning headway (Mining), an excavation for exploration, in
post-and-stall working. — Winning post, the post, or goal, at the end
of a race.
Win"ning*ly, adv. In a winning manner.
Win"ning*ness, n. The quality or state of being winning. "Winningness
in style." J. Morley.
Win"nin*ish (?), n. (Zoöl.) The land-locked variety of the common
salmon. [Canada]
Win"now (wn"n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Winnowed (-nd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Winnowing.] [OE. windewen, winewen, AS. windwian; akin to Goth. winpjan
(in comp.), winpi- skauro a fan, L. ventilare to fan, to winnow; cf. L.
wannus a fan for winnowing, G. wanne, OHG. wanna. √131. See Wind moving
air, and cf. Fan., n., Ventilate.]
1. To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan;
as, to winnow grain.
Ho winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing floor.
Ruth. iii. 2.
2. To sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth; to
separate, as bad from good.
Winnow well this thought, and you shall find This light as chaff that
flies before the wind.
Dryden.