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单词 wince
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wincen.1

Brit. /wɪns/, U.S. /wɪns/
Etymology: < wince v.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

Brit. /wɪns/, U.S. /wɪns/
Etymology: Variant of winch n.1 But compare Low German win(n)s small capstan, Dutch wins winch.
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

Brit. /wɪns/, U.S. /wɪns/
Forms: Middle English wynci, Middle English wynse, (Middle English wynce, wyncy, 1500s wins, (perhaps transmission error) wrinch, 1500s–1600s winze), 1500s–1600s winse, Middle English– wince.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman *wencir or *wencier, = Old French guencir or -ier , dialect variants of guenchir or -ier winch v.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.
c. transferred. To dart from place to place. (rare.)
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

Brit. /wɪns/, U.S. /wɪns/
Etymology: < wince n.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).
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