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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. unwinne adj.

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

3. winful adj.(2)

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Pleasant.

4. winful adj.(1)

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Oriented toward material benefit, profitable.

5. unwin n.

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

6. bēde-wīn n.

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

7. wīnelesse adj.

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Lacking wine;—used in fig. context.

8. 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.

9. wīneleue adj.

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= vinolent adj. (a).

10. wīned ppl.

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Stocked with wine.

11. wīne-drǒnken adj.

Additional spellings: winedronken
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Intoxicated 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)

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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. witherwinnen v.

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To oppose (Christ), resist.

17. 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…

18. win n.(1)

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(a) Labor, toil; (b) conflict, strife; turmoil; bale (fight, flit, nith, wal, werre) and win; in (on) win, troubled, agitated.

19. winlī adj.

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

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).