An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

28. To Win up,
(1.) To be able to ascend, S.
Barbour.
(2.) To rise, to get out of bed, S.
Pop. Ball.
(3.) To rise from one's knees.
Minstr. Border.

29. To Win up to, or with, to overtake, S.

30. To Win within, to get within.
Chr. Kirk.

Su. G. hwinn-a, winn-a, pergere; aliquem praegressum assequi.

To Win, v. a.
1. To reach, to gain; as, to win the door. S. B.
Spalding.

To Win by, v. a.
1. To get past; used in a literal sense, S.
2. To escape; in relation to danger, S.
Tales Landlord.

WIN, s. Gain.
Lyndsay.

To WIN, v. a. To wind (yarn), S.
Burns.

WINACHIN,
1. Equivalent to winnowing.
Buchan.
2. Metaph. used.
Poems Buch. Dial.

WINCHEAND, part. pr. Wincing.
Peblis Play.