An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 976
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 976
(2.) To cross a river, S.
_Monro._
(3.) To be able to finish any business, S.
_Baillie._
(4.) Metaph., to recover from disease, S.
25. _To_ ~Win to~,
(1.) To reach, S.
_Wallace._
(2.) To take a seat near a table; or rather, to begin to eat of what is set on it, S.
(3.) To attain; as denoting the state of the mind, S.
_Rutherford._
26. _To_ ~Win to foot~, to get on ones legs, S. B.
_Ross._
27. _To_ ~Wyn togidder~, to attain to a state of conjunction.
_Wallace._
28. _To_ ~Win up~,
(1.) To be able to ascend, S.
_Barbour._
(2.) To rise, to get out of bed, S.
_Pop. Ball._
(3.) To rise from ones knees.
_Minstr. Border._
29. _To_ ~Win up to~, or ~with~, to overtake, S.
30. _To_ ~Win within~, to get within.
_Chr. Kirk._
Su. G. _hwinn-a_, _winn-a_, pergere; aliquem praegressum a.s.sequi.
_To_ ~Win~, _v. a._
1. To reach, to gain; as, _to win the door_. S. B.
_Spalding._
_To_ ~Win by~, _v. a._
1. To get past; used in a literal sense, S.
2. To escape; in relation to danger, S.
_Tales Landlord._
WIN, _s._ Gain.
_Lyndsay._
_To_ WIN, _v. a._ To wind (yarn), S.
_Burns._
WINACHIN,
_1._ Equivalent to _winnowing_.
_Buchan._
2. Metaph. used.
_Poems Buch. Dial._
WINCHEAND, _part. pr._ Wincing.
_Peblis Play._
WYND, _s._ An alley, a lane, S.
_Wynt._
A. S. _wind-an_, to turn.