Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
wynd [wahynd] ExamplesWord Origin noun Chiefly Scot.
- a narrow street or alley.
Origin of wynd 1375–1425; late Middle English (Scots) wynde, Old English gewind winding path. See wind2 Examples from the Web for wynd Contemporary Examples of wynd
Mr. Wynd said the shrinking process includes filling the head with hot sand and boiling it with herbs.
Dodo Bones and Kylie’s Poo: Inside London’s Strangest New Museum
Liza Foreman
November 11, 2014
“The main idea of the museum is to cheer people up,” Wynd says.
Dodo Bones and Kylie’s Poo: Inside London’s Strangest New Museum
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November 11, 2014
“Curiosity cabinets are really a 16th century thing of trying to understand the world,” Wynd says.
Dodo Bones and Kylie’s Poo: Inside London’s Strangest New Museum
Liza Foreman
November 11, 2014
There, Wynd confesses that he had spent the night sleeping on the floor, after a technical glitch was discovered around midnight.
Dodo Bones and Kylie’s Poo: Inside London’s Strangest New Museum
Liza Foreman
November 11, 2014
According to Wynd, “Freddie Mercury once said he wanted to lead a Victorian life surrounded by exquisite clutter.”
Dodo Bones and Kylie’s Poo: Inside London’s Strangest New Museum
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Historical Examples of wynd
Once Chirsty left him and took up her abode in a house just across the wynd.
J. M. Barrie
But let the cabman who brought me up to Wynd’s Point tell his own story.
(AKA Alpha of the Plough) Alfred George Gardiner
“No—but there were twenty chased me into the wynd,” said Oliver.
Sir Walter Scott
There the man stopped and asked to be excused while he entered the wynd.
Amory H. Bradford
But Robert was down the wynd like a long-legged grayhound, and Elshender could only follow like a fierce mastiff.
George MacDonald
British Dictionary definitions for wynd wynd noun
- Scot a narrow lane or alley
Word Origin for wynd C15: from the stem of wind ²