name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
wintle
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/ˈwɪntəl/
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rhymes with -ɪntəl
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CMU ARPABET: W IH1 N T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To wind, to reel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
Examples
- c. 1688-1746, Author not recorded, Cumberland and Murray's Descent into Hell, 1861, Charles Mackay (editor), The Jacobite Songs and Ballads of Scotland from 1688 to 1746, page 266, The worm of hell, which never dies, / In wintled coil writhes up and fries.
- 1974, Austin Clarke, quoted in 1981, G. Craig Tapping, Austin Clarke: A Study of His Writings, page 282, Along the cliffs a breeze wintled.
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verb
Meaning 3
To stagger, to sway or rock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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verb
Meaning 4
To tumble, to capsize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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verb
Meaning 5
To wriggle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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History
Etymology
Perhaps from a Flemish dialect of Dutch windtelen (“to reel”); compare wentelen.