_Ramsay._
Teut. _wimpel-en_, involvere, implicare; Flandr. _wompel-en_.
_To_ ~Wimple~, _v. n._ To use such circumlocution in narration, as shews a design to deceive, S.
~Wympil~, ~Wimple~, _s._
1. A winding or fold, S.
_Douglas._
2. A wile, a piece of craft, S. B.
_Poems Buch. Dial._
~Wympled~, _adj._ Intricate.
_Ross._
~Wimpler~, _s._ A waving lock of hair.
_Evergreen._
_To_ WIN, _v. n._ To dwell.
V. ~Won~.
_To_ WIN, WYN, WINNE, _v. a._
1. To dry corn, hay, peats, &c. by exposing them to the air, S. pret.
_won_, _wonne_.
_Godscroft._
Belg. _winn-en_, A. S. _wind-wian_, ventilare; Su. G. Isl. _winn-a_, to wither.
2. Often used to denote harvest-making in general.
_Barbour._
Teut. _winn-en_, colligere fructus terrae.
_To_ WIN, _v. a._
1. To raise from a quarry, S. _won_, part. pa.
_Skene._
2. To work a mine of any kind.
_Bellenden._
A. S. _winn-an_, Su. G. _winn-a_, laborare, labore acquirere.
_To_ ~Win out~, _v. a._ To raise as from a quarry; metaph. used.
_Rutherford._
_To_ ~Win~ one's _bread_, to gain it, properly by _labour_, S.
_To_ WIN, WYN, WON, pron. _wun, v. n._ To have any thing in one's power, to arrive at any particular state or degree with some kind of labour or difficulty, S. pret. _wan_.
_Sir Tristrem._
It is often joined with an _adj._; as, _to win free_, _to win loose_; sometimes with a _s._, as, _to win hame_, to get home, S. It is also used with a great variety of prepositions.
1. _To_ ~Win aboon~,
(1.) To get the pre-eminence, S.
(2.) To obtain the mastery, to get the better of, S.
(3.) To recover from disease, S.
(4.) To recover one's spirits, S.
_Skinner._
2. _To_ ~Win about~, to circumvent in any way; especially by wheedling, S.
3. _To_ ~Win aff~,
(1.) To get away, in a local sense; implying the idea of some obstacle or danger, in one's way, S.
_Ross._
(2.) To be acquitted in a judicial trial, S.
(3.) To be able to dismount, S.
4. _To_ ~Win a-flot~, to break loose, to be set adrift.
_Balfour._