WINCE
\wˈɪns], \wˈɪns], \w_ˈɪ_n_s]\
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To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back.
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To kick or flounce when unsteady, or impatient at a rider; as, a horse winces.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back.
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To kick or flounce when unsteady, or impatient at a rider; as, a horse winces.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To shrink, or draw back, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch or hesitate.
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The act of drawing back from pain or danger.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To shrink or start back: to be affected acutely, as by a sarcasm: to be restive, as a horse uneasy at its rider.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman