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1. wīne-berie n.

Additional spellings: wineberie
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A grape;—also coll.; also, some kind of berry; wine-berie blosme; wine-berie ston, ?a grape seed. …

2. bēde-wīn n.

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A wine party to which guests (or the public) are invited. [Cp. bēd(e)-āle.] …

3. unwinne adj.

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?Dreadful, grievous; ?unconquerable, not to be dispelled. …

4. unwin n.

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Sorrow, distress; misery, suffering; ?ruin; ?also, error for iwin n. [2nd quot.]; with unwin, painfully. …

5. winful adj.(2)

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Pleasant. …

6. winful adj.(1)

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Oriented toward material benefit, profitable. …

7. wīnī adj.

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Having the character of, pertaining to, or made from wine; of a diet: heavy in wine; of a grape: wine-producing. …

8. wīnelesse adj.

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Lacking wine;—used in fig. context. …

9. wīneleue adj.

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= vinolent adj. (a). …

10. wīne-drǒnken adj.

Additional spellings: winedronken
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Intoxicated with wine. …

11. wīned ppl.

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Stocked with wine. …

12. tap-wīn n.

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The first tun of bulk wine broached on a Lorraine trading vessel; also, the wine of the first tun, sold retail. …

13. tā̆m-wīn n.

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The first tun of bulk wine broached on a Lorraine wine ship. …

14. wīne-drawer n.

Additional spellings: winedrawer
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(a) One involved in the transportation of wine, a carrier of wine; (b) as surname. …

15. vīne n.(1)

74 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Any plant of the genus Vitis, esp. V. vinifera, a vine; also fig.;—also coll. [a few pl. exx. could also be construed as (b)]; ?also, a twig or branch of a vine [quot. ?1440]; also, a pictorial……

16. winlī adj.

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Delightful, agreeable, pleasing; excellent, fine; also, gracious;—freq. with diminished force as a mere positive epithet. …

17. witherwinnen v.

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To oppose (Christ), resist. …

18. winsǒm adj.

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(a) Pleasing to the senses, delightful to see, hear, experience, etc., fair (b) pleasant of manner, gracious, agreeable; also, generous, favorably disposed; ?forgiving [quot. a1400]; also, of……

19. winnī adj.

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Lucrative, gainful. …

20. vīne-trẹ̄ n.

Additional spellings: vinetre
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A plant of the genus Vitis, a vine; also fig.; whit vine-tre, the common or white bryony (Bryonia dioica). …

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