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WINDLE
Etymology 1
Noun
windle (plural windles)
(UK, dialect) The redwing.
Etymology 2
Noun
windle (plural windles)
An old English measure of corn, half a bushel.
Any dried-out grass leaf or stalk in a field
Also any of several species of grasses that leave such leaves or stalks, such as dog-tail grass, Plantago lanceolata
Bent grass (Agrostis spp.).
A windlass
A reel for winding something into a bundle, such as winding string or yarn into skeins or straw into bundles.
Verb
windle (third-person singular simple present windles, present participle windling, simple past and past participle windled)
(transitive) To bind straw into bundles.
Anagrams
• wilden
Proper noun
Windle (plural Windles)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Windle is the 10515th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3051 individuals. Windle is most common among White (92.99%) individuals.
Anagrams
• wilden
Source: Wiktionary
Win"dle, n. Etym: [From Wind to turn.]
1. A spindle; a kind of reel; a winch.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The redwing. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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