Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To flinch as if in pain or distress. · To wash (cloth), dip it in dye, etc., with the use of a wince. · To kick or flounce when unsteady or impatient.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA sudden movement or gesture of shrinking away. · A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment at will.
From Middle English wyncen, from Anglo-Norman winchir (compare Old French guenchir), from Frankish *wankjan, related to *winkijan (“to flex, bend”). See also German winken.
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