wynd (plural wynds)
(chiefly Scotland) A narrow lane, alley or path, especially one between houses.
(Ireland, dated) A stack of hay.
• (narrow lane): See Thesaurus:alley
• (stack of hay): hayrick, haystack
• W.D.N.Y.
Source: Wiktionary
Wynd, n. Etym: [See Wind to turn.]
Definition: A narrow lane or alley. [Scot.] Jamieson. The narrow wynds, or alleys, on each side of the street. Bryant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
