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▪ I. wincing, vbl. n.1|ˈwɪnsɪŋ|
[f. wince v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of wince v.1; kicking; flinching or recoiling as from pain.
1426Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 12002 So that no mater off wynsyng Ys ffounde in hym in fflessh nor bon,..Gruchchyng, nor rebellioun, Nor no contradiccioun. c1449Pecock Repr. i. xx. 129 Thei schulden be aschamed..of her wyncing in witt, and of her hopping bisidis witt. 1530Palsgr. 75/2 Wynsyng of an horse, regibement. 1598Marston Sco. Villanie iii. x, The Asse must be kindly whipped for winsing. 1841Livingstone in Blaikie Life iii. (1881) 51 They are excellent patients too besides. There is no wincing; everything prescribed is done instanter. 1858O. W. Holmes Aut. Breakf.-t. ii. (1859) 32 There is not a clerk who could raise the money to hire a saddle with an old hack under it that can sit down on his office-stool the next day without wincing. 1872Black Adv. Phaeton xxviii. 382 He bade goodbye to both of them without wincing.
▪ II. wincing, vbl. n.2
see wince v.2
▪ III. ˈwincing, ppl. a.
[f. wince v.1 + -ing2.]
That winces; † restive (lit. and fig.); recoiling, flinching.
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 12 Winsing asse, Kicking colt, and such like nick-names. 1659Torriano, Cavallina-donna, a skittish, or winzing woman. 1756M. Calderwood in Coltness Collect. (Maitland Club) 234 The Franciscans..were a set of poor whinsing-like bodies. 1842Dickens Amer. Notes xiv, The scruples of such wincing landlords. 1876Daily News 27 Oct. 3/5 Outsiders are sure to conclude that the wincing jade is galled. 1918Blackw. Mag. Jan. 84/2 He dug his..spurred boot-heel against the wincing flank of the sweating..mare.
Hence ˈwincingly adv.
1883R. Broughton Belinda i. x, Belinda..shrinks wincingly away. 1891Meredith One of our Conq. I. viii. 131 She remembered it..wincingly, insurgently. |