wincern.1
/ˈwɪnsə/, U.S. /ˈwɪnsər/ Now rare.
A kicker. In quot. 1642 figurative.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > with the foot > kicking > one who or that which
wincerc1440
spurner1555
kicker1574
funker1825
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 530/1 Wynsare, calcitrator, calcit[r]atrix.
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Regimbeur, a winser.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rueur, a kicker, striker, winser.
1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 19 Is it blasphemy..for me to answer a slovenly wincer of a confutation, that [etc.]?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
wincern.2
/ˈwɪnsə/, U.S. /ˈwɪnsər/ Dyeing.
One who tends a wince.
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the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > [noun] > dyer > type of
stainera1425
staineressc1430
silk-dyer?1518
colourist1772
shader?1881
wincer?1881
?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 69 Cotton, Calico, Printer... Hooker. Wincer. Steamer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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