winze

winze
winze1
/winz/, n. Mining.
a vertical or inclined shaft driven downward from a drift into an orebody.
Also, windz. Cf. raise (def. 39).
[1750-60; earlier winds, appar. deriv. of WIND2 in obs. n. sense "apparatus for winding"]
winze2
/winz/, n. Scot.
a curse.
[1775-85; perh. < D wens wish, wensen to wish; see WISH]

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