单词 | wince |
释义 | wincen.1 An act of wincing. 1. A kick. Now dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > with the foot > kicking > a kick spurna1300 kick1530 yark1581 wince1612 pote1781 funk1808 spang1863 leather1883 root1907 boot1942 hoof1985 1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1620) i. ii. i. 66 [The Mule] within two or three winces, ouerthrew him to the ground. 1638 J. Taylor Bull, Beare, & Horse sig. E1v And as I fell, his hoofe bestow'd a wince, Upon my pate. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Barber Cox in Comic Almanack 5 Our respective patients gave a wince out. 2. An involuntary shrinking movement (see wince v.1 2). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun] > shrinking or flinching wincing1426 winching1525 shrink1590 winking1677 winch1788 flinch1817 wince1865 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. xii. 108 She looked up with a wince. 1891 A. Conan Doyle White Company ix The villein took the cruel blow without wince or cry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). wincen.2 1. = winch n.1 1, 3. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > tackle > pulley winchc1050 sheave1336 pulley1357 trice1357 truckle1417 shiver1485 trace-wheel1519 truckle-wheel1533 pullace1545 pullishee1635 wince1688 trispast1706 block-pulley1864 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > converters > cranks winch1660 wince1688 crank1728 swingle1787 throw-crank1858 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. v. 272/1 When the Spinner hath drawn out his Rope Yarn.., then it is taken from the Wheele Spindle, and Wound upon the Wince. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 41 The human frame is, hence, a barrel-organ..and life is the music... So long as either the vital or the mechanical instrument is duly wound up by a regular supply of food or of the wince, so long the music will continue. 1837 J. Kirkbride Northern Angler 66 The wince of the reel. 2. Dyeing. A reel or roller placed over the division between two vats so that a fabric spread upon it may be let down into one or the other. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > [noun] > equipment used litting-lead1485–6 vat1548 battery1737 deviling1737 winch1740 shaker1791 pastel-vat1838 wince1839 wincing-machine1839 tin-vat1865 jigger1893 jig1942 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 227 After 48 hours suspension [the calico] is to be washed in water at 170° containing some chalk, by the wince apparatus. 1852 Brit. Patent 96 (1854) 1 My improvements consist in substituting flat winces or revolving frames for the ordinary round or angular rollers. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2777/1 The tanks are wince-pots. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). wincev.1 1. a. intransitive. To kick restlessly from impatience or pain. Now dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > restlessness > [verb (intransitive)] > through impatience or pain wincec1290 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (intransitive)] > with the foot > kick > from impatience or pain wincec1290 winch1493 c1290 [see sense 1b]. c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 231 A horce unrubbed, þat haves a sore back, wynses when he is oght touched or rubbed on his rugge. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Sam. vi. 6 Oza strauȝte out the hoond to the arke of God, and heelde it, for the oxen wynseden, and boweden it. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 77 Wynsynge she was as is a ioly Colt. 1493 Dives & Pauper (1496) x. v. 376/2 Whan he begynneth to wexe proude & wynsynge & kykyng ayenst his mayster. 1541 Schole House of Women sig. D.iv Rub a scalde horse vpon the gall And he wyll byte, wynse, and vente. 1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet E j b Rub no more, the curtall wrinches. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Recalcitrare, to kicke or strike or winze with ones heeles againe. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ix. 340 They bray out a loude, kicking and wincing with their heeles. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. ii. 136 The angry Beast..Begun to kick, and fling, and wince. 1718 M. Prior Alma i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 329 Before the Child can crawl, He learns to kick, and wince, and sprawl. c1750 S. Johnson in Boswell Life Johnson (1793) I. 236 (note) A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince. 1782 J. Wolcot Odes iv, in Wks. (1812) I. 22 As for poor St. Leger and Prince, Had I their places I should wince, Thus to be gibbeted for weeks on high. 1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester Wincing, used of a horse kicking out behind. b. In figurative and allusive phrase, e.g. to wince against the prick (cf. kick v.1 1c and prick n. 9); hence gen. to be recalcitrant or impatient. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > be unsubmissive [verb (intransitive)] > be intractable or recalcitrant to wince against the prickc1290 kicka1425 rejouncea1644 recalcitrate1647 to ride rusty1709 bolsh1921 non-cooperate1921 c1290 St. Paul 23 in S. Eng. Leg. 190 To wynci aȝein þe pricke swiþe strong it is þe. 1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) Acts Prol. Poul.., whom the Lord hadde chosun, that long tyme wynside aȝen the pricke. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. v. 22 It is þe wone of wil to wynse and to kyke. 1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 14196 Off verray surquedy and pryde, I smyte and wynse on euery syde. 1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 14531 For to wynse and dysobeye, And to tourne A-nother weye. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 254 Thouȝ ȝe wolde wyncy and repugne aȝens the clergie. 1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. 508 Not to winse, kick & spurn against their sayinges. 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 231 Let the galld iade wince [1604, 1623 winch]. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. ix. 81 I should suspect his preaching had no salt in it, if no gald horse did winse. a1677 I. Barrow Of Contentm. (1685) 124 What booteth it to winse and kick against our fortune? a1764 R. Lloyd Poet 21 The fancies of our rambling wits, Who wince and kick at all oppression. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. xvii. 124 Let them wince, who have their withers wrung. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly and suddenly > about skirmc1400 wincec1400 squib1762 spirt1856 wasp1967 c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 6115 Fro stide to stide aboute he wynces, He slees kynges, dukes, & princes. 2. To start or make an involuntary shrinking movement in consequence of or in order to avoid pain, or when alarmed or suddenly affected. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > shrink or flinch fikec1220 wincha1250 withshontec1450 shrink1513 squitch1570 blanch1572 shruga1577 to shrink in the neck1581 wink1605 budgea1616 shy1650 shudder1668 flincha1677 wincea1748 a1748 I. Watts Improvem. Mind ii. v, in Coll. Wks. (1753) V. 343 Perhaps the gamester shrugs and winces, turns and twists the argument every way, but he cannot fairly answer it. 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 228 Some fretful tempers wince at ev'ry touch. 1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Godolphin I. xix. 222 Why, man, you wince at the word ‘marry!’ 1842 Ld. Tennyson Walking to Mail in Poems (new ed.) II. 50 You should have seen him wince As from a venomous thing. 1890 W. Besant Demoniac vi In your strong frame already beats the heart of a coward... When I told you this once before, you winced: now you laugh. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). wincev.2 Dyeing. transitive. To immerse in or pass through a vat by means of a wince. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > dye [verb (transitive)] > processes or techniques to dye in grainc1386 woad1463 madder1464 set1529 to dye in (the) wool, in grain1579 alum1598 rake1778 sumac1792 piece-dye1810 gall1822 dung1824 wince1839 winch1845 overdye1857 top1874 to wet out1882 vat1883 cross-dye1885 paddle1909 premetallize1948 spin-dye1948 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 224 They are winced for a few minutes in a weak solution of chloride of lime. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 660 Wince again five times. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 660 2 pieces of 30 yards of velvet are put in and winced backwards and forwards five times. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.11612n.21688v.1c1290v.21839 |
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