Definition of windle

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Windle (n.) A spindle; a kind of reel; a winch.

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Fordwine :: Fordwine (v. i.) To dwindle away; to disappear.
Fake :: Fake (n.) A trick; a swindle.
Swindler :: Swindle (n.) The act or process of swindling; a cheat.
Thimblerig :: Thimblerig (v. t.) To swindle by means of small cups or thimbles, and a pea or small ball placed under one of them and quickly shifted to another, the victim laying a wager that he knows under which cup it is; hence, to cheat by any trick..
Windlestraw :: Windlestraw (n.) A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, esp. Agrostis Spica-ventis..
Cheat :: Cheat (n.) To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle.
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat..
Dwindle :: Dwindle (v. t.) To make less; to bring low.
Swindlery :: Swindler (n.) One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat..
Whelp :: Whelp (n.) One of the longitudinal ribs or ridges on the barrel of a capstan or a windless; -- usually in the plural; as, the whelps of a windlass..
Windless :: Windless (a.) Having no wind; calm.
Chouse :: Chouse (n.) A swindler.
Windless :: Windless (a.) Wanting wind; out of breath.
Swindling :: Swindled (imp. & p. p.) of Swindl.
Scamp :: Scamp (n.) A rascal; a swindler; a rogue.
Dwindled :: Dwindled (imp. & p. p.) of Dwindl.
Dwindle :: Dwindle (v. t.) To break; to disperse.
Dwindle :: Dwindle (v. i.) To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away.
Waste :: Waste (v. i.) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value, or the like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle; to grow less..
Windlestrae :: Windlestrae (n.) Alt. of Windlestra.
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