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windle

/ˈwɪndəl/ noun

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  1. The redwing.

noun

  1. A basket.
  2. An old English measure of corn, half a bushel.

noun

  1. 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.
  2. Also any of several species of grasses that leave such leaves or stalks, such as dog-tail grass, Plantago lanceolata.
  3. Bent grass (Agrostis spp.).

noun

  1. A windlass.
  2. A reel for winding something into a bundle, such as winding string or yarn into skeins or straw into bundles.

Origin

Perhaps from wind.

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