Sc. [a. early Flem. wensch ‘imprecatio’ (Kilian): see WISH v.] An imprecation, a curse.
1785. Burns, Halloween, xxiii. He … loot a winze, an’ drew a stroke.
1819. W. Tennant, Papistry Storm’d (1827), 186. Wi’ bitter winze and ban.
Sc. [a. early Flem. wensch ‘imprecatio’ (Kilian): see WISH v.] An imprecation, a curse.
1785. Burns, Halloween, xxiii. He … loot a winze, an’ drew a stroke.
1819. W. Tennant, Papistry Storm’d (1827), 186. Wi’ bitter winze and ban.
