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Wince   /wɪns/   Listen
verb
Wince  v. i.  (past & past part. winced; pres. part. wincing)  
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."
2.
To kick or flounce when unsteady, or impatient at a rider; as, a horse winces.


noun
Wince  n.  The act of one who winces.


Wince  n.  (Dyeing & Calico Printing) A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment. at will.
Wince pit, Wince pot, a tank or a pit where cloth in the process of dyeing or manufacture is washed, dipped in a mordant, or the like.





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"Wince" Quotes from Famous Books



... Classics made their rivals wince, despite their affected contempt. To-morrow was the day of the meeting; and between now and then they must decide whether or not they would obey their own seniors and stay away, or revolt and take the consequences. ...
— The Cock-House at Fellsgarth • Talbot Baines Reed
... kittenish young creature all the more because her repartee was often a little cutting. If she had always struck him with a velvet paw, the thing would have grown monotonous, but he occasionally got a scratch that made him wince, cool and brazen as he was. But, after all, he daily saw that he was gaining power over her, and the manner in which the frank-hearted girl took his arm and leaned upon it spoke volumes to the experienced man. While he habitually wore ...
— What Can She Do? • Edward Payson Roe
... a sight for sore eyes!" said Luke Watson, as he gave our hero's hand a grasp that made him wince. "My gracious, it seems to me that I haven't seen you ...
— Dave Porter At Bear Camp - The Wild Man of Mirror Lake • Edward Stratemeyer
... she looked him in the face with a curiosity most cruel to herself; but Georges did not wince, and replied simply: ...
— Serge Panine • Georges Ohnet
... impatient fellow! and so sensitive, too! The wound is not healed, then. Pray introduce me to the Zerlina in our little opera. As I know you so well, I can give her some excellent counsel about managing you.—Ah, you wince! I am indiscreet, I fear; I have betrayed a secret; the Zerlina is perhaps still in her rustic seclusion, and this is only—Well, you must submit to your destiny, I suppose. How many are there since? Let me see,—six weeks,—time for three flirtations ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 3, No. 20, June, 1859 • Various


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