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

A. S. windel-streowe, a wheat or oaten straw.

To WINDLE, v. a. To make up (straw or hay) into bottles, S.
Gl. Sibb.

Teut. windel-en, fasciis vel fasciolis involvere.

Windlen, Wonlyne, s. A bottle of straw or hay, S.
Ramsay.

Norw. vandel, a portion of hay or straw.

WINDOCK, WINNOCK, s. A window, S.
Ramsay.

Isl. vindauge, Su. G. windoega; from wind, the higher part of a house, and oega, an eye.

WIND-SKEW, s. An instrument used for preventing smoke, Mearns.

Su. G. wind, and skufw-a, sky, vitare.

WYNE and ONWYNE, adv. To the right and left hand, every where, S. B.