WINDLED

Verb

windled

simple past tense and past participle of windle

Anagrams

• dwindle

Source: Wiktionary


WINDLE

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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7 January 2025

UNINFORMATIVELY

(adverb) in an uninformative manner; “‘I can’t tell you when the manager will arrive,’ he said rather uninformatively”


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