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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

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To wince; to shrink; to kick with impatience or uneasiness.

Noun.

A kick, as of a beast, from impatience or uneasiness.

Shelton.

Noun.

[OE.

winche

, AS.

wince

a winch, a reel to wind thread upon. Cf.

A crank with a handle, for giving motion to a machine, a grindstone, etc.

An instrument with which to turn or strain something forcibly.

An axle or drum turned by a crank with a handle, or by power, for raising weights, as from the hold of a ship, from mines, etc.; a windlass.

A wince.

Noun.

A windlass; or an instrument with which to turn or strain something forcibly; as a winch to strain the cord of a bedstead, or to turn a wheel.

Verb.

To wince; to shrink; to kick with impatience or uneasiness. [This is a more correct orthography than wince.]