Word Meanings - WINCH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To wince; to shrink; to kick with impatience or uneasiness.

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• SHRINKINGLY
  In a shrinking manner.
• SHRINKING
  from Shrink. Shrinking head , a body of molten metal connected with a mold for the purpose of supplying metal to compensate for the shrinkage of the casting; -- called also sinking head, and riser.
• SHRINKER
  One who shrinks; one who withdraws from danger.
• UNEASINESS
  1. The quality or state of being uneasy; restlessness; disquietude; anxiety. 2. The quality of making uneasy; discomfort; as, the uneasiness of the road. Bp. Burnet.
• WINCEY
  Linsey-woolsey.
• SHRINKAGE
  1. The act of shrinking; a contraction into less bulk or measurement. 2. The amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc. 3. Decrease in value; depreciation.
• SHRINK
  the latter is now seldom used except as a participial adjective; p. scrincan; akin to OD. schrincken, and probably to Sw. skrynka a wrinkle, skrynkla to wrinkle, to rumple, and E. shrimp, n. & v., 1. To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence,
• WINCER
  One who, or that which, winces, shrinks, or kicks.
• WINCE
  guinchier, and winchier, winchir, to give way, to turn aside, fr. OHG. wankjan, wenken, to give way, to waver, fr. winchan 1. To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back. I will not stir, nor wince, nor speak a word. Shak.
• IMPATIENCE
  The quality of being impatient; want of endurance of pain, suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for something expected; restlessness; chafing of spirit; fretfulness; passion; as, the impatience of a child or an invalid. I then,