An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 974

_Ramsay._

Teut. _wimpel-en_, involvere, implicare; Flandr. _wompel-en_.

_To_ ~Wimple~, _v. n._ To use such circ.u.mlocution 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_.

_G.o.dscroft._

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.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

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, p.r.o.n. _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 circ.u.mvent 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._