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#1·Apr 27, 2026
To wind, to reel.
, Author not recorded, ''Cumberland and Murray's Descent into Hell, 1861, Charles Mackay (editor), The Jacobite Songs and Ballads of Scotland from 1688 to 1746'', [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Uf1LAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA266&dq=%22wintled%2…
Origin: Perhaps from a Flemish dialect of ; compare wentelen. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
To stagger, to sway or rock.
: The worm of hell, which never dies, / In wintled coil writhes up and fries.
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#3·Apr 27, 2026
To tumble, to capsize.
1974, Austin Clarke, quoted in 1981, G. Craig Tapping, Austin Clarke: A Study of His Writings, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=aHohAQAAMAAJ&q=%22wintled%22&dq=%22wintled%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1nxRUreSI6XOiAet5YBY&redir_esc=y page 282],
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