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windle
[ win-dl, win-l ]
noun
, Scot. and North England.
- a measure of corn, wheat, or other commodities equal to approximately three bushels, but varying in different regions.
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Windle has never refused us when we have had occasion to ask for the loan of a man or two, and it is not for us to refuse him.
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The Plough faintly outlined above, and beautiful spica hanging low over Windle Flats.
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There had been further communications with the house of the redoubtable champion Windle Hercules in Hampshire.
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Mr. Windle made a mental calculation, delivering his estimation of the number with a voice confident of his accuracy.
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He stood waiting in the vestry afterwards with the well-filled chalice in his hand, tremulously anticipating Mr. Windle's arrival.
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