Winey, intoxicated.
Winged, hurt, but not dangerously, by a bullet. Originally to be shot in the arm or shoulder. To slightly wound birds is to WING them.
Winkin, “he went off like WINKIN,” i.e., very quickly. From WINK, to shut the eye quickly.
Winks, periwinkles.
Winn, a penny—Ancient Cant. See [introductory chapter].
Wipe, a pocket-handkerchief.—Old Cant.
Wipe, a blow. Frequently sibilated to SWIPE, a cricket-term.
Wipe, to strike; “he fetcht me a WIPE over the knuckles,” he struck me on the knuckles; “to WIPE a person down,” to flatter or pacify; “to wipe off a score,” to pay one’s debts, in allusion to the slate or chalk methods of account-keeping; “to WIPE a person’s eye,” to shoot game which he has missed; hence to obtain an advantage by superior activity. With old topers “WIPING one’s eye,” is equivalent to giving or taking another drink.
Wipe-out, to kill or utterly destroy. This is an Americanism, but is in pretty general use here.
Wire-in, a London street phrase in general use, which means to go in with a will. In its original form of “WIRE-IN, and get your name up,” it was very popular among London professional athletes. The phrase is now general, and any one who has a hard task before him, knows he must WIRE-IN to bring matters to a successful issue.