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▪ I. whindle, v. Obs. exc. dial.|ˈhwɪnd(ə)l|
Also 7 whinil, 7–9 whinnel.
[app. f. whine v. + -le.]
intr. To whine, whimper. Hence ˈwhindling vbl. n.; ˈwhindling ppl. a., weak, pining, puny; fig. trifling, petty. So ˈwhindle n., (a) a whining creature; (b) a low cry, a whine.
1601Munday & Chettle Death Earl of Huntington i. iii. B 2 b, He keepes a paltry whinling girle, And will not bed, forsooth, before he bride. 1609B. Jonson Silent Wom. iv. v. (1620) L 2, The other a whiniling dastard. 1647Trapp Comm. 1 Thess. v. 16 [Rejoice evermore] A duty..little practised by many of Gods whinnels, who are ever puling and putting finger in the eye. 1648in Verney Mem. (1907) I. 397 [He had intended to go with her to coast, but..his wife's] ‘whinnelling’..[stopped him]. a1652Brome Damoiselle ii. i, Val. Wee'll end the difference. Broo. By the Sword; no otherwise; No whinnelling satisfaction. a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Whindle, a low or feigned Crying. 1709Mem. Signor Rozelli 61 All the Women..fell a howling and whinneling. 1728[De Foe] Street Robb. Consid. 10, I [sc. an abandoned baby] began to Whindle, and Tune my Pipes. 1854A. E. Baker Northampt. Gloss., Whindle, to whine as a child.
▪ II. whindle
variant of windle, the redwing. |