winchn.¹

Brit.

/wɪn(t)ʃ/, U.S.

/wɪn(t)ʃ/

Forms: Old English wince, Middle English–1600s (1800s) wynch, (Middle English wenche, Middle English–1500s wynche, 1500s winche, 1600s wintch, 1800s winsh), 1600s– winch.

Etymology: Late Old English wince < Old Germanic *wiŋkjo- < *weŋkjo- , < Indo-European root weŋg- , represented also by wink v.¹ (Compare wink n.²)

a. A reel, roller, or pulley.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > tackle > pulley

winchc1050

sheave1336

pulley1357

trice1357

truckle1417

shiver1485

trace-wheel1519

truckle-wheel1533

pullace1545

pullishee1635

wince1688

trispast1706

block-pulley1864

c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 416/6 Gigrillus [= girgillus], wince.

1295 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer (P.R.O.: E101/5/7) In vno velamine empto .vj. li. iiij. d. In Wenches emptis ad idem. iiij s. vj. d.

1384 For. Acc. 20 C dorso (P.R.O.) j wynche ferri pro vna petra vertibili.

1384 For. Acc. 20 C dorso (P.R.O.) j gross[a] wynche ferri pro factura cordarum.

1511–12 Act 3 Hen. VIII c. 6 §1 That the byer of Wollen clothes..shall not..cause to be drawen in lenght..the same clothes..by teynto^r or wynche or by eny other meane.

1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia vii. f. 232 With slinges that went wyth wynches [L. fundis librilibus]..& wyth pellets, they put the Galles in feare.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Tournoir,..the vice, or winch of a Presse.

b. spec. An angler's reel.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > reel > [noun]

troll1570

winch1662

reel1688

twirl1688

1662 R. Venables Experienc'd Angler iv. 44 You may buy your Trowle ready made,..onely let it have a winch to wind it up withall.

1760 J. Hawkins in Walton's & Cotton's Compl. Angler 139 (note) The winch must be screwed on to the butt of your rod.

1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling i. 13 Your winch should hold forty or fifty yards of fine line.

c. Nautical. A small machine used for making ropes and spun-yarn; † the quantity of yarn so made.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > other measures or quantities of

lease1391

lea1399

knotc1540

needleful1598

cut1632

winch1640

slip1647

spangle1705

vat1730

pad1746

heer1774

count1837

society > occupation and work > equipment > rope-making equipment > [noun] > other rope-making equipment

warping-tree1404

throw-crook1557

warping-stock1588

spun-yarn winch1627

winch1640

woolder1750

register1793

top minor1793

laying-top1794

warping-block1794

whirl1794

reel1797

warping-post1797

whirl-hook1797

strand-hook1825

spreader1830

wimble1863

snugger1875

strop1875

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > other manufactured or derived materials > [noun] > rope or cord > quantity of spun-yarn

winch1640

1640 in Birch Charters of London (1887) 220 For a winch of cable yarn..0s. 4d.

1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 90 Winch, to make or twist spun~yarn with is made of 8 spokes, 4 at each end, and 4 wooden pins 15 inches long driven through the end of them.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast iii. 21 Every vessel is furnished with a ‘spun-yarn winch’.

†2. A well-wheel (turned by a crank); hence, a well. Obsolete. (Cf. dialect winch-well a deep well, and quot. 1888 at wink n.²)

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > well

water piteOE

wellOE

pitOE

pulkc1300

draw-wellc1410

draught-wellc1440

winchc1440

brine-well1594

salt spring1601

sump1680

pump well1699

spout-well1710

sump hole1754

pit-well1756

sink1804

bucket-well1813

artesian well1829

shallow well1877

dip-well1894

garland-well1897

village pump1925

society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > winch or capstan > over a well

well crank1440

winch1556

turnel1578

c1440 Pallad. on Husb. i. 426 In stede of welle or wenche [L. fons..aut puteus] haue a sisterne.

c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 894 The water cleer Of cisterne or of wynche.

c1440 Pallad. on Husb. ix. 120 The wynchis when we delue [L. in fodiendis puteis].

1556 J. Withals Short Dict. (new ed.) sig. Niij^v The wynche or whele of the well.

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong La trieule,..the beame or rounde wood whereabout the cord of a well is winded, some do call it a winch.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 195 An old well or deepe wintch..boild all the night long.

3. The cranked handle by means of which the axis of a revolving machine is turned.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > converters > cranks

winch1660

wince1688

crank1728

swingle1787

throw-crank1858

1660 ‘R. D'Acres’ Art Water-drawing 11 Winches or Cranks of Wood or Iron are..fitted to mens hands, thereby to make a round motion.

1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 68 On the Square Pin is fitted a Winch somewhat in form like a Jack-winch.

1774 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 64 390 After about ninety or an hundred turns of the winch.

1787 J. Imison Treat. Mech. Powers 46 The wheel is turned by means of a winch fix'd on the axle of a trundle.

1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod iii. v. 209 One of them turned the winch of an organ which he carried at his back.

1834 Fearnside Tombleson's Thames 31 By Pinkle Lock and Weir,..it is necessary for the aquatic tourist to be provided with a winch to open the gates.

1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 436/1 Winch and axle is a machine constituting a small windlass.

1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. xx. 220 I'll turn the winch of the grindstone.

a. A hoisting or hauling apparatus consisting essentially of a horizontal drum round which a rope passes and a crank by which it is turned.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > winch or capstan

windas1293

wind1399

windlassc1400

fern1546

stow?1549

capstock1551

winch1577

draw-beam1585

wind-beam1585

winder1585

capstring1609

crab1627

guindall1628

gin1632

Jack1686

screw engine1688

twirl1688

moulineta1706

jack roll1708

wind-lifta1734

whim1738

stowce1747

whim-engine1759

macaroni gin1789

whimsy1789

winze1839

jack roller1843

wink1847

winding engine1858

fusee-windlass1874

come-along1891

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 11^v The smaller sort [of necessaries] be these,..Hammers, Chippe Axes, Winches, Pulleys, Wheeles [etc.].

1674 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 4) Winch, a pulling or skrewing Engin.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xviii. 139/2 A Hand screw, or screw engine: or Ghynne or Wynch.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Winches, a kind of Engine to draw Barges, &c. up a River against the Stream.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Winch, a cylindrical piece of timber, furnished with an axis..turned about by means of an handle resembling that of a draw-well.

1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 233 An apparatus called a ‘winch’,..for heaving the lines into the boat after the fish is..killed.

1838 Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders IV. 253/2 By the assistance of the wynch, the jib again rose to its former place.

1905 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Aug. 268/1 The value of steam applied to winches and capstans.

b. In the navigation of the river Thames, a revolving apparatus at the river-side, round which a rope was wound to haul craft through difficult places; a toll levied for the use of this (abolished by the Thames Conservancy Act of 1866).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment for moving ship over bar or shoal > [noun] > winch or capstan

capstanc1400

winch1623

nigger1867

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > shipping dues > [noun]

lastinglOE

lastage1205

anchorage1405

strandage1419

plankage1424

quayage1440

lowage1457

measurage1460

perch money1466

perching1483

keel-toll?1499

wharf-gelt1505

sand-gelt1527

wharfage1535

soundage1562

towage1562

groundage1567

bankage1587

rowage1589

shore-silver1589

pilotage1591

dayage1592

ballastage1594

rivage1598

pieragec1599

shore-mail1603

lightage1606

shorage1611

port charge1638

light money1663

port due1663

water-bailage1669

mensuragea1676

mooragea1676

keelage1679

shore-due1692

harbour-due1718

lockage1722

magazinage1736

jettage?1737

light duty1752

tide-duty1769

port duty1776

dockage1788

light due1793

canalage1812

posting-dues1838

warpage1863

winch1864

postage1868

flag-dues1892

berthage1893

shore-levy-

1623 Act 21 Jas. I c. 32 §5 For that the sayd passage from Bircot aforesayd, to the sayd Citie of Oxford, is against the streame, the Barges..must..bee haled vp by strength of men, horses, winches [etc.].

1694 Act 6 & 7 Will. & Mary c. 16 Preamble For the..convenience of the Navigation [of the Thames and Isis] there..are diverse Lockes Weares, Buckes Winches..and other Engines.

1754 Extr. Navig. Rolls Thames (1772) 19 The Owner of every Winch, belonging to every Lock below Reading.

1795 Jrnl. House of Commons 4 Feb. 50 125/1 Tolls..payable at the Old Locks, Weirs, and Winches.

1864 Thames Navig., Tables of Tolls July 1 Tables of Tolls (Including Old Lock Dues and Winches), which will be taken on and from July 1, 1864.

5. Dyeing. = wince n.² 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > [noun] > equipment used

litting-lead1485–6

vat1548

battery1737

deviling1737

winch1740

shaker1791

pastel-vat1838

wince1839

wincing-machine1839

tin-vat1865

jigger1893

jig1942

1740 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (ed. 2) App. p. v Stir it well about, and..put in your stuffs:..turn it on a winch, till you see the colour is to your mind.

1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. i. ii. ii. 159 For the pieces of stuff, a winch or reel is used.

1822 Imison's Sci. & Art II. 185 The stuffs..are drawn through them [sc. the baths] by a winch, or reel.

1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 688/1 Mounted on a strong frame~work over the trough [of the dye vat] is the winch.., which by its revolutions..keeps the cloth moving down and up continuously into and out of the trough.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

winch-bit n.

ΚΠ

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Winch-bitts, the supports near their ends.

1893 Westm. Gaz. 28 Feb. 10/3 Kemp was standing against the winch-bit.

winch capstan n.

ΚΠ

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Winch-capstan, a combination in which winch-heads are arranged on top of the capstan.

winch-gear n.

ΚΠ

1881 E. Matheson Aid Bk. Engin. Enterprise Abroad ii. 362 The lifting power in a crane is generally obtained by ordinary winch-gear.

winch-handle n.

ΚΠ

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 229 So that the power must act in like manner as if it were applied at a winch-handle.

1894 S. R. Bottone Electr. Instr. Making (ed. 6) 171 It is mounted upon an iron spindle..at one end of which is a winch-handle.

winch line n.

ΚΠ

1847 T. T. Stoddart Angler's Compan. 44 The triple gut casting-line..is intended..to be appended immediately to the winch-line, by the trout-fisher.

winch machine n.

ΚΠ

1824 R. Stevenson Bell Rock Lighthouse vi. 329 A winch-machine, with wheel, pinion and barrel, round which last the chain was wound.

1946 A. J. Hall Standard Handbk. Textiles iv. 169 The winch machine is essentially a vat..above which is mounted a horizontal winch.

winch pawl n.

ΚΠ

1883 W. C. Russell Sea Queen II. ii. 30 The tiny clink of winch-pawls.

winch plate n.

ΚΠ

1902 How to make Useful Things 10/1 A few inches from the lower end of the butt a recess is made sufficiently large to take the winch-plate.

winch reel n.

ΚΠ

1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 528/2 When one or more pieces of goods are to be dyed the winch-reel is employed.

C2.

winchman n. (a) a man who operates a winch; (b) a man lowered by a winch from a helicopter, esp. to rescue people from shipwrecks, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [noun] > one who rescues or delivers > by being lowered from helicopter

winchman1882

1882 Standard 26 Aug. 3/7 A man should have watched the case and given orders to the gangwayman, who, in turn, ought to have given orders to the winchman.

1894 Times 5 Feb. 3/3 The winchman and the bullrope man..in assisting to unload the vessel.

1958 Times 23 June 6/1 The girls..were brought up into the helicopter by winchman Sergeant Jim Gilpin.

1977 R.A.F. News 27 Apr. 1/4 Along with winchman FS Roger Lynn he airlifted a two-ton cabin into the garden of a Durham man so that a kidney machine could be installed.

1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 15 Aug. 1/2 (caption) Winchman on a rescue helicopter hangs over a crew member from yacht Ariadne.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† winchn.²

Etymology: < winch v.¹

Obsolete. rare.

1. A ‘turn’ or ‘twist’ in argument.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] > twist in an argument

winch?1551

jink1823

?1551 Sessions against Gardiner in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 804/1 I thinke there was neuer man had more playne euident matter to alledge, then I haue, without winches or arguments or deuises of wit.

2. = wince n.¹ 2.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun] > shrinking or flinching

wincing1426

winching1525

shrink1590

winking1677

winch1788

flinch1817

wince1865

1788 J. Skinner Christmass Bawing in Caledonian Mag. Sept. 502 Poor Petry gae a weary winch.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

winchv.¹

Brit.

/wɪn(t)ʃ/, U.S.

/wɪn(t)ʃ/

Forms: Middle English wenche, Middle English–1500s wynche, 1500s winche, (1600s whinch, 1800s dialect winsh), 1500s– winch.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman *wenchier, *wenchir = Old French guenchier , guenchir intransitive to turn aside, transitive to avoid, < Germanic *weŋkjan (Old High German, Middle High German wenken , Old Saxon wenkean ) < *waŋkjan , < waŋk- (whence Old High German wank side movement, return, Old High German, German wanken , Old Norse vakka , Old English wancol wankle adj.): weŋk- (whence winch n.¹, wink n.¹).

Obsolete exc. dialect.

a. intransitive. To start back or away, recoil, flinch; to wince.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > shrink or flinch

fikec1220

wincha1250

withshontec1450

shrink1513

squitch1570

blanch1572

shruga1577

to shrink in the neck1581

wink1605

budgea1616

shy1650

shudder1668

flincha1677

wincea1748

a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 42 Auh for alle onsweres. wendeð ou ant wencheð frommard him.

?a1400 Morte Arth. 2104 Qwarelles qwayntly swappez thorowe knyghtez With iryne so wekyrly, that wynche they neuer.

1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus Prol. sig. Biv Thou begynnest to wynche or to startle on this facion.

?1553 Respublica (1952) i. iii. 10 He that ones wincheth shall fele the waite of my fiste.

a1586 Peblis to Play in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 179 He stert till ane broggit stauf wincheand as he war woode.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. i. 80 I will not stirre, nor winch, nor speake a word.

1628 Robin Goodfellow (1841) 41 Sluts and slovens I doe pinch, And make them in their beds to winch.

1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect ii. viii. 75 Beate them, whip them, pinch them, punch them, if they resolve not to whinch for it, they will not.

1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 81 Yet seem'd she not to winch, though shrewdly pain'd.

1718 C. Cibber Non-juror v. 66 You must not winch nor stir too soon, at any freedom you Observe me take with him.

1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Winsh, wince.

†b. figurative. To recoil in fear or disgust (at). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > loathing or detestation > emotion compounded of fear and loathing > recoil in fear or disgust [verb (intransitive)]

uga1340

winch1605

the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > exhibit physical symptoms [verb (intransitive)] > cower or flinch

wondec897

shuna1000

blencha1250

cowerc1300

scunnerc1425

cringea1525

to play couch-quaila1529

quail1544

winch1605

dwindle1612

blank1642

shy1650

scringec1700

funk?1746

flinch1883

curl1913

1605 J. Marston Dutch Courtezan iii. i He must nere winch, that would or thriue, or saue, To be cald Nigard, cuckold, Cut-throat, Knaue.

1637 P. Heylyn Antidotum Lincolniense Pref. sig. A 6^v A long studied discourse in maintenance of sitting at the holy Sacrament, which good Master Burton never winched at.

1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos 23 They shall..severely rule them, so that they shall not be able to whinch but at their own peril.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 76. ⁋8 A general Representation of an Action, either ridiculous or enormous, may make those winch who find too much Similitude in the Character with themselves to plead Not Guilty.

†2.

a. Of a horse: To kick restlessly or impatiently; = wince v.¹ 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [verb (intransitive)] > kick

startleOE

kickc1386

winch1483

fling1487

yark?1561

smite1600

to lash out1852

to kick over the traces1861

1483 Cath. Angl. 420/1 To Wynche, calcitrare.

1510 J. Stanbridge Vocabula (W. de W.) C v Recalcitro, to wynche agayne, or kyke.

a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. A.vi Let se who that dare Sho the mockysshe mare They make her wynche and keke.

1575 G. Gascoigne Complaint Greene Knight in Posies 181 He winched still alwayes, and whisked with his taile.

1591 R. Greene Farewell to Folly sig. B3^v Sylenus asse neuer sawe a wine bottle but he would winch.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Wince or Winch,..properly to throw out the hinder Feet, as a Horse does.

b. In allusive and proverbial phrase, esp. with reference to the ‘wincing’ of a ‘galled’ horse.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > rebel [verb (intransitive)] > behave rebelliously

strivea1387

winch1493

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (intransitive)] > with the foot > kick > from impatience or pain

wincec1290

winch1493

1493 Festivall (1515) 173 b As a galled horse whiche is touched on the sore he wyncheth & wryeth.

a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Fiii^v Remembre the tourne of fortunes whele That wantonly can wynke and wynche with her hele.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Ep. Ded. 2 Who so wyncheth and kicketh at the ghospell.

a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Biv^v I know the galde horse will soonest winche.

1566 T. Drant in tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Dij^v Synce you agaynst these churchly rites So longe and sore dyd wynche.

1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 109 Yet do not winch (good iade) when thou art gall'd.

a1640 W. Fenner Hidden Manna (1652) Ep. Ded. sig. B5 The will of it selfe, the more reason it hath to be turned, the more it is wilful, it hinches and winches, and snuffes against it.

1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour v. ii. 52 Aram. Bless me! What have you done to him? Belin. Only touch'd a gall'd-beast till he winch'd.

1718 C. Cibber Non-juror ii. 26 Sir, you cannot conceive the wonderful use of Clamour, 'tis so teizing to a Ministry, it makes them winch and fret.

†c. transitive. To kick (a person) out of. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [verb (transitive)] > kick or throw (a person) out or off of

plunge1603

wincha1626

fling1767

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > specific people from a place, position, or possession

outshoveOE

to do out of ——OE

shovec1200

to put out of ——c1225

to cast out1297

void13..

usurpa1325

to put outa1350

outputa1382

outrayc1390

excludea1400

expulse?a1475

expel1490

to shut forth1513

to put forth1526

to turn out1546

depel?1548

disseisin1548

evict1548

exturb1603

debout1619

wincha1626

disseise1627

out-pusha1631

howster1642

oust1656

out1823

purge1825

the bum's rush1910

outplace1928

a1626 J. Fletcher & W. Rowley Maid in Mill ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aaaa3/2 A galled Jennet that will winch him out o' the Saddle.

Derivatives

ˈwinching n.¹ and adj.¹

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun] > shrinking or flinching

wincing1426

winching1525

shrink1590

winking1677

winch1788

flinch1817

wince1865

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [adjective] > that kicks

winching1525

flinginga1533

kicking1552

yarking1565

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [adjective] > that avoids or shuns > shrinking

winching1525

checking1548

shrinking1742

1525 Stanbridge's Vocabula (W. de W.) C v b Sternax, a wynchynge horse.

1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. x. v. 205 A certaine shamefull winching & repining.

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 158 Not such a powting waspe in Ramme-ally, or such a winching iade in Smithfield.

1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd iii. 40 [Women] are all of them ticklish, and skittish; the whole generation of them is given to winching and flinging.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 101 That they might, without any ones whinching, decree..what-ever would tend to the encrease of their own honour and wealth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

winchv.²

Brit.

/wɪn(t)ʃ/, U.S.

/wɪn(t)ʃ/

Etymology: < winch n.¹

1. transitive. To hoist or draw up, etc. with or as with a winch.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > raise by mechanical instrument > with a winch, crank, etc.

to wind upc1275

winch1529

upwind1600

parbuckle1768

crank1883

whorl1886

to turn up1911

1529 Dunmow Churchwardens' Accts. (MS) f. 10 To fett a gabull to wynche up the tymber.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 408 b/2 I wynche or wynde vp with a wyndlasse or a crane... You shall neuer get this stryng in to the nocke but you wynche it vp.

1572 W. Malim tr. N. Martinengo True Rep. Famagosta f. 14 He..was winched vp in that chaire, and fastened vnto the Maineyarde of a Galley.

1633 J. Fisher Fuimus Troes ii. ii. sig. Cii^v I'le winch vp thy estate.

1909 E. Suffolk Gaz. 12 Jan. 3/7 All slack line must be winched in.

1915 J. Conrad Inn of Two Witches in Within Tides 219 It was she who winched up that infernal machine, and it was she too who lowered it that night.

2. Dyeing. = wince v.²

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > dye [verb (transitive)] > processes or techniques

to dye in grainc1386

woad1463

madder1464

set1529

to dye in (the) wool, in grain1579

alum1598

rake1778

sumac1792

piece-dye1810

gall1822

dung1824

wince1839

winch1845

overdye1857

top1874

to wet out1882

vat1883

cross-dye1885

paddle1909

premetallize1948

spin-dye1948

1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 514 The silk should be winched through a copper of water at the heat of 160°.

1859 Brit. Patent 565 ‘I..keep the liquor to the boiling point for about one hour and twenty minutes’, during which time the cloth should be winched as before.

1883 R. Haldane Workshop Receipts 2nd Ser. 40/1 For ungumming, the piece is simply winched backwards and forwards.

Derivatives

ˈwinching n.² and adj.²

ΚΠ

1875 H. R. Robertson Life Upper Thames 19 The tightening of the bolts before tying them is called winching..: two stout pieces of wood are used which are called the levers, and are connected by a strong cord passed round the bolt.

1902 Daily Record (Glasgow) 6 Aug. 3 The winching-away men and sweepers and screwers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

n.¹c1050

n.²?1551

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v.²1529

单词	winch
释义	winchn.¹ Brit. /wɪn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /wɪn(t)ʃ/ Forms: Old English wince, Middle English–1600s (1800s) wynch, (Middle English wenche, Middle English–1500s wynche, 1500s winche, 1600s wintch, 1800s winsh), 1600s– winch. Etymology: Late Old English wince < Old Germanic wiŋkjo- < weŋkjo- , < Indo-European root weŋg- , represented also by wink v.¹ (Compare wink n.²) 1. a. A reel, roller, or pulley. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > tackle > pulley winchc1050 sheave1336 pulley1357 trice1357 truckle1417 shiver1485 trace-wheel1519 truckle-wheel1533 pullace1545 pullishee1635 wince1688 trispast1706 block-pulley1864 c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 416/6 Gigrillus [= girgillus], wince. 1295 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer (P.R.O.: E101/5/7) In vno velamine empto .vj. li. iiij. d. In Wenches emptis ad idem. iiij s. vj. d. 1384 For. Acc. 20 C dorso (P.R.O.) j wynche ferri pro vna petra vertibili. 1384 For. Acc. 20 C dorso (P.R.O.) j gross[a] wynche ferri pro factura cordarum. 1511–12 Act 3 Hen. VIII c. 6 §1 That the byer of Wollen clothes..shall not..cause to be drawen in lenght..the same clothes..by teynto^r or wynche or by eny other meane. 1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia vii. f. 232 With slinges that went wyth wynches [L. fundis librilibus]..& wyth pellets, they put the Galles in feare. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Tournoir,..the vice, or winch of a Presse. b. spec. An angler's reel. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > reel > [noun] troll1570 winch1662 reel1688 twirl1688 1662 R. Venables Experienc'd Angler iv. 44 You may buy your Trowle ready made,..onely let it have a winch to wind it up withall. 1760 J. Hawkins in Walton's & Cotton's Compl. Angler 139 (note) The winch must be screwed on to the butt of your rod. 1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling i. 13 Your winch should hold forty or fifty yards of fine line. c. Nautical. A small machine used for making ropes and spun-yarn; † the quantity of yarn so made. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > other measures or quantities of lease1391 lea1399 knotc1540 needleful1598 cut1632 winch1640 slip1647 spangle1705 vat1730 pad1746 heer1774 count1837 society > occupation and work > equipment > rope-making equipment > [noun] > other rope-making equipment warping-tree1404 throw-crook1557 warping-stock1588 spun-yarn winch1627 winch1640 woolder1750 register1793 top minor1793 laying-top1794 warping-block1794 whirl1794 reel1797 warping-post1797 whirl-hook1797 strand-hook1825 spreader1830 register plate1832 wimble1863 snugger1875 strop1875 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > other manufactured or derived materials > [noun] > rope or cord > quantity of spun-yarn winch1640 1640 in Birch Charters of London (1887) 220 For a winch of cable yarn..0s. 4d. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 90 Winch, to make or twist spun~yarn with is made of 8 spokes, 4 at each end, and 4 wooden pins 15 inches long driven through the end of them. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast iii. 21 Every vessel is furnished with a ‘spun-yarn winch’. †2. A well-wheel (turned by a crank); hence, a well. Obsolete. (Cf. dialect winch-well a deep well, and quot. 1888 at wink n.²) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > well water piteOE wellOE pitOE pulkc1300 draw-wellc1410 draught-wellc1440 winchc1440 brine-well1594 salt spring1601 sump1680 pump well1699 spout-well1710 sump hole1754 pit-well1756 sink1804 bucket-well1813 artesian well1829 shallow well1877 dip-well1894 garland-well1897 village pump1925 society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > winch or capstan > over a well well crank1440 winch1556 turnel1578 c1440 Pallad. on Husb. i. 426 In stede of welle or wenche [L. fons..aut puteus] haue a sisterne. c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 894 The water cleer Of cisterne or of wynche. c1440 Pallad. on Husb. ix. 120 The wynchis when we delue [L. in fodiendis puteis]. 1556 J. Withals Short Dict. (new ed.) sig. Niij^v The wynche or whele of the well. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong La trieule,..the beame or rounde wood whereabout the cord of a well is winded, some do call it a winch. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 195 An old well or deepe wintch..boild all the night long. 3. The cranked handle by means of which the axis of a revolving machine is turned. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > converters > cranks winch1660 wince1688 crank1728 swingle1787 throw-crank1858 1660 ‘R. D'Acres’ Art Water-drawing 11 Winches or Cranks of Wood or Iron are..fitted to mens hands, thereby to make a round motion. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 68 On the Square Pin is fitted a Winch somewhat in form like a Jack-winch. 1774 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 64 390 After about ninety or an hundred turns of the winch. 1787 J. Imison Treat. Mech. Powers 46 The wheel is turned by means of a winch fix'd on the axle of a trundle. 1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod iii. v. 209 One of them turned the winch of an organ which he carried at his back. 1834 Fearnside Tombleson's Thames 31 By Pinkle Lock and Weir,..it is necessary for the aquatic tourist to be provided with a winch to open the gates. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 436/1 Winch and axle is a machine constituting a small windlass. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. xx. 220 I'll turn the winch of the grindstone. 4. a. A hoisting or hauling apparatus consisting essentially of a horizontal drum round which a rope passes and a crank by which it is turned. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > winch or capstan windas1293 wind1399 windlassc1400 fern1546 stow?1549 capstock1551 winch1577 draw-beam1585 wind-beam1585 winder1585 capstring1609 crab1627 guindall1628 gin1632 Jack1686 screw engine1688 twirl1688 moulineta1706 jack roll1708 wind-lifta1734 whim1738 stowce1747 whim-engine1759 macaroni gin1789 whimsy1789 winze1839 jack roller1843 wink1847 winding engine1858 fusee-windlass1874 come-along1891 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 11^v The smaller sort [of necessaries] be these,..Hammers, Chippe Axes, Winches, Pulleys, Wheeles [etc.]. 1674 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 4) Winch, a pulling or skrewing Engin. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xviii. 139/2 A Hand screw, or screw engine: or Ghynne or Wynch. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Winches, a kind of Engine to draw Barges, &c. up a River against the Stream. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Winch, a cylindrical piece of timber, furnished with an axis..turned about by means of an handle resembling that of a draw-well. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 233 An apparatus called a ‘winch’,..for heaving the lines into the boat after the fish is..killed. 1838 Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders IV. 253/2 By the assistance of the wynch, the jib again rose to its former place. 1905 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Aug. 268/1 The value of steam applied to winches and capstans. b. In the navigation of the river Thames, a revolving apparatus at the river-side, round which a rope was wound to haul craft through difficult places; a toll levied for the use of this (abolished by the Thames Conservancy Act of 1866). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment for moving ship over bar or shoal > [noun] > winch or capstan capstanc1400 winch1623 nigger1867 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > shipping dues > [noun] lastinglOE lastage1205 anchorage1405 strandage1419 plankage1424 quayage1440 lowage1457 measurage1460 perch money1466 perching1483 keel-toll?1499 wharf-gelt1505 sand-gelt1527 wharfage1535 soundage1562 towage1562 groundage1567 bankage1587 rowage1589 shore-silver1589 pilotage1591 dayage1592 ballastage1594 rivage1598 pieragec1599 shore-mail1603 lightage1606 shorage1611 port charge1638 light money1663 port due1663 water-bailage1669 mensuragea1676 mooragea1676 keelage1679 shore-due1692 harbour-due1718 lockage1722 magazinage1736 jettage?1737 light duty1752 tide-duty1769 port duty1776 dockage1788 light due1793 canalage1812 posting-dues1838 warpage1863 winch1864 postage1868 flag-dues1892 berthage1893 shore-levy- 1623 Act 21 Jas. I c. 32 §5 For that the sayd passage from Bircot aforesayd, to the sayd Citie of Oxford, is against the streame, the Barges..must..bee haled vp by strength of men, horses, winches [etc.]. 1694 Act 6 & 7 Will. & Mary c. 16 Preamble For the..convenience of the Navigation [of the Thames and Isis] there..are diverse Lockes Weares, Buckes Winches..and other Engines. 1754 Extr. Navig. Rolls Thames (1772) 19 The Owner of every Winch, belonging to every Lock below Reading. 1795 Jrnl. House of Commons 4 Feb. 50 125/1 Tolls..payable at the Old Locks, Weirs, and Winches. 1864 Thames Navig., Tables of Tolls July 1 Tables of Tolls (Including Old Lock Dues and Winches), which will be taken on and from July 1, 1864. 5. Dyeing. = wince n.² 2. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > [noun] > equipment used litting-lead1485–6 vat1548 battery1737 deviling1737 winch1740 shaker1791 pastel-vat1838 wince1839 wincing-machine1839 tin-vat1865 jigger1893 jig1942 1740 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (ed. 2) App. p. v Stir it well about, and..put in your stuffs:..turn it on a winch, till you see the colour is to your mind. 1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. i. ii. ii. 159 For the pieces of stuff, a winch or reel is used. 1822 Imison's Sci. & Art II. 185 The stuffs..are drawn through them [sc. the baths] by a winch, or reel. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 688/1 Mounted on a strong frame~work over the trough [of the dye vat] is the winch.., which by its revolutions..keeps the cloth moving down and up continuously into and out of the trough. Compounds C1. General attributive. winch-bit n. ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Winch-bitts, the supports near their ends. 1893 Westm. Gaz. 28 Feb. 10/3 Kemp was standing against the winch-bit. winch capstan n. ΚΠ 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Winch-capstan, a combination in which winch-heads are arranged on top of the capstan. winch-gear n. ΚΠ 1881 E. Matheson Aid Bk. Engin. Enterprise Abroad ii. 362 The lifting power in a crane is generally obtained by ordinary winch-gear. winch-handle n. ΚΠ 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 229 So that the power must act in like manner as if it were applied at a winch-handle. 1894 S. R. Bottone Electr. Instr. Making (ed. 6) 171 It is mounted upon an iron spindle..at one end of which is a winch-handle. winch line n. ΚΠ 1847 T. T. Stoddart Angler's Compan. 44 The triple gut casting-line..is intended..to be appended immediately to the winch-line, by the trout-fisher. winch machine n. ΚΠ 1824 R. Stevenson Bell Rock Lighthouse vi. 329 A winch-machine, with wheel, pinion and barrel, round which last the chain was wound. 1946 A. J. Hall Standard Handbk. Textiles iv. 169 The winch machine is essentially a vat..above which is mounted a horizontal winch. winch pawl n. ΚΠ 1883 W. C. Russell Sea Queen II. ii. 30 The tiny clink of winch-pawls. winch plate n. ΚΠ 1902 How to make Useful Things 10/1 A few inches from the lower end of the butt a recess is made sufficiently large to take the winch-plate. winch reel n. ΚΠ 1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 528/2 When one or more pieces of goods are to be dyed the winch-reel is employed. C2. winchman n. (a) a man who operates a winch; (b) a man lowered by a winch from a helicopter, esp. to rescue people from shipwrecks, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [noun] > one who rescues or delivers > by being lowered from helicopter winchman1882 1882 Standard 26 Aug. 3/7 A man should have watched the case and given orders to the gangwayman, who, in turn, ought to have given orders to the winchman. 1894 Times 5 Feb. 3/3 The winchman and the bullrope man..in assisting to unload the vessel. 1958 Times 23 June 6/1 The girls..were brought up into the helicopter by winchman Sergeant Jim Gilpin. 1977 R.A.F. News 27 Apr. 1/4 Along with winchman FS Roger Lynn he airlifted a two-ton cabin into the garden of a Durham man so that a kidney machine could be installed. 1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 15 Aug. 1/2 (caption) Winchman on a rescue helicopter hangs over a crew member from yacht Ariadne. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † winchn.² Etymology: < winch v.¹ Obsolete. rare. 1. A ‘turn’ or ‘twist’ in argument. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] > twist in an argument winch?1551 jink1823 ?1551 Sessions against Gardiner in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 804/1 I thinke there was neuer man had more playne euident matter to alledge, then I haue, without winches or arguments or deuises of wit. 2. = wince n.¹ 2. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun] > shrinking or flinching wincing1426 winching1525 shrink1590 winking1677 winch1788 flinch1817 wince1865 1788 J. Skinner Christmass Bawing in Caledonian Mag. Sept. 502 Poor Petry gae a weary winch. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2020). winchv.¹ Brit. /wɪn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /wɪn(t)ʃ/ Forms: Middle English wenche, Middle English–1500s wynche, 1500s winche, (1600s whinch, 1800s dialect winsh), 1500s– winch. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman wenchier, wenchir = Old French guenchier , guenchir intransitive to turn aside, transitive to avoid, < Germanic weŋkjan (Old High German, Middle High German wenken* , Old Saxon wenkean ) < waŋkjan , < waŋk-* (whence Old High German wank side movement, return, Old High German, German wanken , Old Norse vakka , Old English wancol wankle adj.): weŋk- (whence winch n.¹, wink n.¹). Obsolete exc. dialect. 1. a. intransitive. To start back or away, recoil, flinch; to wince. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > shrink or flinch fikec1220 wincha1250 withshontec1450 shrink1513 squitch1570 blanch1572 shruga1577 to shrink in the neck1581 wink1605 budgea1616 shy1650 shudder1668 flincha1677 wincea1748 a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 42 Auh for alle onsweres. wendeð ou ant wencheð frommard him. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 2104 Qwarelles qwayntly swappez thorowe knyghtez With iryne so wekyrly, that wynche they neuer. 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus Prol. sig. Biv Thou begynnest to wynche or to startle on this facion. ?1553 Respublica (1952) i. iii. 10 He that ones wincheth shall fele the waite of my fiste. a1586 Peblis to Play in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 179 He stert till ane broggit stauf wincheand as he war woode. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. i. 80 I will not stirre, nor winch, nor speake a word. View more context for this quotation 1628 Robin Goodfellow (1841) 41 Sluts and slovens I doe pinch, And make them in their beds to winch. 1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect ii. viii. 75 Beate them, whip them, pinch them, punch them, if they resolve not to whinch for it, they will not. 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 81 Yet seem'd she not to winch, though shrewdly pain'd. 1718 C. Cibber Non-juror v. 66 You must not winch nor stir too soon, at any freedom you Observe me take with him. 1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Winsh, wince. †b. figurative. To recoil in fear or disgust (at). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > loathing or detestation > emotion compounded of fear and loathing > recoil in fear or disgust [verb (intransitive)] uga1340 winch1605 the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > exhibit physical symptoms [verb (intransitive)] > cower or flinch wondec897 shuna1000 blencha1250 cowerc1300 scunnerc1425 cringea1525 to play couch-quaila1529 quail1544 winch1605 dwindle1612 blank1642 shy1650 scringec1700 funk?1746 flinch1883 curl1913 1605 J. Marston Dutch Courtezan iii. i He must nere winch, that would or thriue, or saue, To be cald Nigard, cuckold, Cut-throat, Knaue. 1637 P. Heylyn Antidotum Lincolniense Pref. sig. A 6^v A long studied discourse in maintenance of sitting at the holy Sacrament, which good Master Burton never winched at. 1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos 23 They shall..severely rule them, so that they shall not be able to whinch but at their own peril. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 76. ⁋8 A general Representation of an Action, either ridiculous or enormous, may make those winch who find too much Similitude in the Character with themselves to plead Not Guilty. †2. a. Of a horse: To kick restlessly or impatiently; = wince v.¹ 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [verb (intransitive)] > kick startleOE kickc1386 winch1483 fling1487 yark?1561 smite1600 to lash out1852 to kick over the traces1861 1483 Cath. Angl. 420/1 To Wynche, calcitrare. 1510 J. Stanbridge Vocabula (W. de W.) C v Recalcitro, to wynche agayne, or kyke. a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. A.vi Let se who that dare Sho the mockysshe mare They make her wynche and keke. 1575 G. Gascoigne Complaint Greene Knight in Posies 181 He winched still alwayes, and whisked with his taile. 1591 R. Greene Farewell to Folly sig. B3^v Sylenus asse neuer sawe a wine bottle but he would winch. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Wince or Winch,..properly to throw out the hinder Feet, as a Horse does. b. In allusive and proverbial phrase, esp. with reference to the ‘wincing’ of a ‘galled’ horse. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > rebel [verb (intransitive)] > behave rebelliously strivea1387 winch1493 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (intransitive)] > with the foot > kick > from impatience or pain wincec1290 winch1493 1493 Festivall (1515) 173 b As a galled horse whiche is touched on the sore he wyncheth & wryeth. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Fiii^v Remembre the tourne of fortunes whele That wantonly can wynke and wynche with her hele. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Ep. Ded. 2 Who so wyncheth and kicketh at the ghospell. a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Biv^v I know the galde horse will soonest winche. 1566 T. Drant in tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Dij^v Synce you agaynst these churchly rites So longe and sore dyd wynche. 1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 109 Yet do not winch (good iade) when thou art gall'd. a1640 W. Fenner Hidden Manna (1652) Ep. Ded. sig. B5 The will of it selfe, the more reason it hath to be turned, the more it is wilful, it hinches and winches, and snuffes against it. 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour v. ii. 52 Aram. Bless me! What have you done to him? Belin. Only touch'd a gall'd-beast till he winch'd. 1718 C. Cibber Non-juror ii. 26 Sir, you cannot conceive the wonderful use of Clamour, 'tis so teizing to a Ministry, it makes them winch and fret. †c. transitive. To kick (a person) out of. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [verb (transitive)] > kick or throw (a person) out or off of plunge1603 wincha1626 fling1767 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > specific people from a place, position, or possession outshoveOE to do out of ——OE shovec1200 to put out of ——c1225 to cast out1297 void13.. usurpa1325 to put outa1350 outputa1382 outrayc1390 excludea1400 expulse?a1475 expel1490 to shut forth1513 to put forth1526 to turn out1546 depel?1548 disseisin1548 evict1548 exturb1603 debout1619 wincha1626 disseise1627 out-pusha1631 howster1642 oust1656 out1823 purge1825 the bum's rush1910 outplace1928 a1626 J. Fletcher & W. Rowley Maid in Mill ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aaaa3/2 A galled Jennet that will winch him out o' the Saddle. Derivatives ˈwinching n.¹ and adj.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun] > shrinking or flinching wincing1426 winching1525 shrink1590 winking1677 winch1788 flinch1817 wince1865 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [adjective] > that kicks winching1525 flinginga1533 kicking1552 yarking1565 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [adjective] > that avoids or shuns > shrinking winching1525 checking1548 shrinking1742 1525 Stanbridge's Vocabula (W. de W.) C v b Sternax, a wynchynge horse. 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. x. v. 205 A certaine shamefull winching & repining. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 158 Not such a powting waspe in Ramme-ally, or such a winching iade in Smithfield. 1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd iii. 40 [Women] are all of them ticklish, and skittish; the whole generation of them is given to winching and flinging. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 101 That they might, without any ones whinching, decree..what-ever would tend to the encrease of their own honour and wealth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). winchv.² Brit. /wɪn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /wɪn(t)ʃ/ Etymology: < winch n.¹ 1. transitive. To hoist or draw up, etc. with or as with a winch. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > raise by mechanical instrument > with a winch, crank, etc. to wind upc1275 winch1529 upwind1600 parbuckle1768 crank1883 whorl1886 to turn up1911 1529 Dunmow Churchwardens' Accts. (MS) f. 10 To fett a gabull to wynche up the tymber. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 408 b/2 I wynche or wynde vp with a wyndlasse or a crane... You shall neuer get this stryng in to the nocke but you wynche it vp. 1572 W. Malim tr. N. Martinengo True Rep. Famagosta f. 14 He..was winched vp in that chaire, and fastened vnto the Maineyarde of a Galley. 1633 J. Fisher Fuimus Troes ii. ii. sig. Cii^v I'le winch vp thy estate. 1909 E. Suffolk Gaz. 12 Jan. 3/7 All slack line must be winched in. 1915 J. Conrad Inn of Two Witches in Within Tides 219 It was she who winched up that infernal machine, and it was she too who lowered it that night. 2. Dyeing. = wince v.² ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > dye [verb (transitive)] > processes or techniques to dye in grainc1386 woad1463 madder1464 set1529 to dye in (the) wool, in grain1579 alum1598 rake1778 sumac1792 piece-dye1810 gall1822 dung1824 wince1839 winch1845 overdye1857 top1874 to wet out1882 vat1883 cross-dye1885 paddle1909 premetallize1948 spin-dye1948 1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 514 The silk should be winched through a copper of water at the heat of 160°. 1859 Brit. Patent 565 ‘I..keep the liquor to the boiling point for about one hour and twenty minutes’, during which time the cloth should be winched as before. 1883 R. Haldane Workshop Receipts 2nd Ser. 40/1 For ungumming, the piece is simply winched backwards and forwards. Derivatives ˈwinching n.² and adj.² ΚΠ 1875 H. R. Robertson Life Upper Thames 19 The tightening of the bolts before tying them is called winching..: two stout pieces of wood are used which are called the levers, and are connected by a strong cord passed round the bolt. 1902 Daily Record (Glasgow) 6 Aug. 3 The winching-away men and sweepers and screwers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹c1050n.²?1551v.¹a1250v.²1529
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