winterberry 
after the fall of the leaves, rendering the bush very at- 
tractive. The bark is regarded as tonic and astringent, 
has been recommended for fevers, etc., and is a popular 
remedy for gangrene and ulcers. /. Ixvigata, the smooth 
winterbeiTy, has larger, mostly solitary, earlier ripening 
berries. /. glabra, the inkberry, belongs to this group. 
winter-bloom (win'ter-blom), n. The witch- 
hazel, HamameUs Virginiana. It blossoms late 
in the fall and matures its fruit the next season. 
winter-bonnet (win't^r-bon"et), «. Same as 
u-inter gidl (which see, under winter^). [Local, 
British.] 
winter-bound (win 'ter-bound), a. Imprisoned, 
confined, detained, or hindered by winter. 
As the wretch looks o'er Siberia's shore, ■ 
When winUr-bound the wave is. 
Burns, Lovely Davies. 
winterbourn, winterboume (win't^-r-born), «. 
See nailbonrne. 
The springs and intermittent winter-bournes which rise 
suddenly at certain seasons in the chalk-districts were 
thought to be harbingers of pestilence and famine. 
C. Elton, Origins of Eng. Hist, x. 
■winter-cherry (win'ter-cher'^i), n. 1. See al- 
l-ekeiigi and strawberry-tomato. — 2. See Sola- 
tium. — 3. Same as heartseed. 
winter-clad (win'ter-klad), a. Clothed for win- 
ter; warmly clad. 
Tattoo'd or woaded, winter-clad in skins, 
Tennyson, Princess, ii. 
winter-clover (win'ter-kl6"v6r), n. The par- 
tridge-berry, MitcJiella repens. 
■winter-crack (win't6r-krak), n. A small green 
plum with late-ripening fruit. 
■winter-cress (win'tfer-kres), n. A cruciferous 
plant, either Barharea vulgaris or B. prsecox, 
both formerly (and the latter still sparingly) 
cultivated for winter salad. Both are Old 'World 
plants, and the former is very common in North America, 
though indigenous only in the north and west. This is 
a stoutish weed with bright-green lyrate leaves and con- 
spicuous yellow racemes, also called yellmv rocket, and 
sometimes (to distinguish it from the water-cress) land- 
cress. The latter, the early winter-cress (which may be a 
variety of the former), is cultivated and sometimes spon- 
taneous in southern parts of the United States, there 
called scurvy-grass. 
■wintered (-mn'terd), a. [< ME. 'wintered, witi- 
fred, < AS. gewintrad (?); as winter'^ + -ed^.'] 
1. Having seen or endured (many) winters. 
& jho wass tha swa urinntredd wif 
<fe off swa mikell elde. Ormulum, 1. 453. 
The hoary fell 
And mAvty-winter'd fleece of throat and chin. 
Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien. 
2. Exposed to winter, especially in a figurative 
sense ; tried by adversity or sorrow. 
Their moral nature especially wants the true frigoriflc 
tension of a well wintered life and experience. 
H. Bushnell, Moral Uses of Dark Things, ix. 
3f. Pertaining to or suitable for winter; worn 
in winter. 
Wirdred garments must be linde. 
Shah., As you Like it (fol, 1623), iii. 2. HI (song). 
winterer (win'ter-er), n. One who or that which 
passes the winter in a specified place or man- 
ner ; specifically, an ox or cow kept to feed in 
a particular place during winter. Jamieson. 
Luxuries denied to the uint^er on board ship. 
Athensmn, >'o. 3045, p. 319. 
■winter-flower (win'ter-flou''''er), «. See Chimo- 
nitnthus. 
■wintergreen (ivin'ter-gren), «. [= D. winter- 
groen : so called as keeping green through the 
winter; s,s winter'^ + green.'^ 1. A plant of the 
genus Pyrola, 
especially P. 
minor, the 
common spe- 
cies in Eng- 
land, where 
the name is 
chiefly thus 
applied. P. 
rotundifoUa is 
sometimes 
distinguished 
as false or 
pear-leafed 
wintergreen. — 
2. A plant 
of the genus 
Gaultheria, 
chiefly G. pro- 
cmnheiis, the 
aromatic ■win- 
tergreen of 
eastern North 
America. This Flr,wering Plai>t of wintergreen (fiau^/A^n. 
is a little under- procumdens). a, the fruit. 
6944 
Winze 
shrub with extensively creeping, usually hidden, stems, winter-proudt (win'ter-proud), a. Too green 
and ascending branches which bear eveijtreen leaves, jj,j,i luxuriant or too forward in growth in win- 
small white nodding flowers, and scarlet berries which . „„,^i:„/i t„ „,i,„„f „„ t\,a liVo 
consist of an enlai^ed fleshy calyx surrounding the cap- ter : applied to wheat or the like, 
sule. The leaves afford wintergreen-oil (which see), and "When either corne is wint£r-prowd, or other plants put 
have also been used as a tea, whence the name tea-berry forth and bud too earely, by reason of the milde and warme 
and mountain-tea. The berries are mildly aromatic. New aire. ffottaTwf, tr. of Pliny, xviL 2. 
England names are <;A«*er!«rr!/ and par(rid</<'-6frn/(both, :„*.„_ _i„ /,„;„»(.a, ,;„n ., t r/ „.,„(«^1 4- w„l 
especially the latter, shaied with .WtcheUa repem\ and Wintcr-rig (win ter-r g), V. t. l<wtnterl + rtg], 
boxberry. Other names are deerberry, groundberry, hill- a ridge.] To plow (land) in ridges and let It 
berry, spieeberry, creeping mnteryreen, and spring winter- \\g fallow in ■winter. [Local, Great Britain.] 
green. 'Winter's bark See bark^ 
3. A plant of the genus CT»wai)Wta, especially winter-settle (win'ter-sef'l), n. [A modem- 
ized form of AS. wmtersetl, winter seat, win- 
C. viaculata. See Spotted wintergreen, below.— 
American, aromatic ■wintergreen. Seedef. 2.— C!hlck- 
weed wintergreen. See Trientolis. — Creeping ■win- 
tergreen. Seedef. 2.— False wintergreen. Seedef. 1.— 
Flowering ■vrintergreen. See I'olygala.—'Peax-lea.tei 
•wintergreen. See def. l.— Spotted wintergreen, a 
congener of the pipsissewa, Chimaphila mGcviata, having 
spotted leaves.— Spring wintergreen. See def. 2. 
'Win'tergreen-oil (win'ter-gren-oil), n. A heavy 
volatile oil distilled from the leaves of the aro- 
matic wintergreen (see wintergreen, 2). It is _ 
medicinally an aromatic stimulant with an astringent 'winter-tide (win'tfer-tid), n 
property; its chief use, however, is in flavoring confec- 
tionery, medicated syrups, etc. Ofllcinally oil of gaul- 
theria. 
'Winter-ground (win'ter-ground), V. t. To cover 
over so as to preserve from the eflfeots of frost 
during winter: as, to winter-ground the roots of 
a plant. 
The ruddock would 
With charitable bill . . . bring thee all this ; 
Yea, and furr'd moss besides, when flowers are none, 
To winter-ground thy corse. 
Shak., Cymbeline, iv. 2. 229. 
'Winter-hallt, «. [< ME. wyntyr-halle, wyntir- 
haide; < winter^ + hall.'] A hall used especially 
in winter. 
The utmost Chambur nexte Winter Halle. 
Fasten Letters, I. 486. 
ter quarters, < winter, winter, -1- sell, seat: see 
settk^.l A winter seat or dwelling; winter 
quarters: a term belonging to the early history 
of England. 
In 874 the heathen men took their vdnter-settle in Linde- 
sey at Torkesey. The next year we read how they passed 
from Lindesey to Eepton, and took winter-settle there. 
E. A. Freeman, Eng. Towns and Districts, p. 204. 
[< ME. winter- 
tid, wyntertyde (= D. wintertijd = MHG. winter- 
zit, G. winterzeit = Icel. vetrartith = Dan. vinter- 
tid), winter-tide ; < winter^ + tide^, ».] The win- 
ter season ; winter. [Obsolete or poetical.] 
In "Wales it is fulle strong to werre in wynter tyde. 
For wynter is ther long, whan Somer is here in pride. 
Rob. of Brunne, p. 240. 
Fruits 
Which in vrintertide shall star 
The black earth with brilliance rare. 
Tennyson, Ode to Memory. 
'Win'terweed (win't6r-wed), n. A name of va- 
rious weeds that survive and flourish through 
the winter, especially the ivy-leafed speedwell, 
Veronica hederxfolia. 
■wintery (win'ter-i), a. See wintry. 
■yntir haule, hibernium, hibemaculum, hiemacu- ■wintle (win'tl), r. i. ; pret. and pp. wJntted, ppr. 
Cath. Ang.,p. i20. wintling. [Var. of icent/e.] To twist ; writhe ; 
roll; reel; stagger. [Scotch.] 
Tho' now ye dow but hoyt an' hobble. 
An' unntle like a saumont-coble. 
Burns, Farmer's Salutation to his Aold Mare. 
wintle (win'tl), «. [< wintle, r.] A rolling or 
reeling motion ; a stagger. Also, erroneously, 
ivhintle. [Scotch.] 
He by his shouther gae a keek, 
And tumbl'd wi' a whintle 
Out-owre that night. 
Bums, Halloween. 
A 1 
lum. 
winter-houset, "• [< ME. wyntyr-howsc ; < winter'^ 
-\- house^.'] A house used especially in winter. 
Wyntyr houm or halle . . . Hibemaculum. 
Prompt. Parv., p. 630. 
■winteridge (win'ter-ij), n. [For *tvinterage, < 
winter'^ + -age.] Winter food for cattle. Ual- 
liwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
'Wintering (win'ter-ing), n. [Verbal n. of win- 
ter^, v.] 1. The act of one who or that which 
winters in a specified place or manner. 
If God so prosper your voyage that you may ... obtaine __. . . m, m ». t ia 
from him [the Prince of Cathly] his letters of priuiledge Wintncll's Change Of tone. In music, an alter 
against the next yeeres spring, you may then . . . search 
and discouer somewhat further then you had discouered 
before your wintering. Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 434. 
2. Provision of fodder, shelter, etc., for cattle 
during winter. 
Young lean cattle may by their growth pay for their 
wintering, and so be ready to fat next summer. 
Mortimer, Husbandry. 
'Win'terisb (win'tfer-ish), a. [Early mod. E. also 
wyntcrysshc ; < winter'^- + -ishK] Of or pertain- 
ing to winter; wintry. 
WyrUerysshe, belonging to the wynter. 
Palsgrave, p. 329. 
winter-kill (win'ter-kil), r. t. [A back-forma- 
tion, < icinter-killed.'] To kill by cold in winter: 
as, to winter-kill wheat or clover. [U. S.] 
'Winter-killed (-win'ter-kild), p. a. Killed by the 
cold of winter, as wheat ; impaired in flavor or 
condition by cold or ice, as oysters ; blasted by 
cold weather, as a plant. [U. S.] 
'winterless (win'ter-les), a. [< winter'^ + -less.) 
Free from or unaffected by winter; not experi- 
encing •winter. 
The sunny, delicious, winterless Califontia sky. 
The Century, XXVI. 200. 
■winter-lodge (win'ter-lo.i), «. In bot., the hi- 
bernaele of a plant, which protects the embryo 
or future shoot from injury during the winter. 
It is either a bud or a bulb. Also trintcr-lodg- 
ment. 
•winter-lovet (•win'tfer-luv), n. Cold, insincere, 
or conventional love or love-making. [Rare.] 
What a deal of cold business doth a man misspend the 
better pai't of life in ! in scattering compliments, tender- 
ing visits, . . . making a little winter-love in a dark corner. 
B. Jonson, Discoveries. 
winterly (win'ter-li), a. [= G. winterlich = Icel. 
refrligr = Sw. Dan. vinterlig ; < winter'^ + -1;/'^.] 
Resembling winter; characteristic of or appro- 
priate to winter ; wintry ; cold and bleak ; cheer- 
less. 
If 't be summer news. 
Smile to 't before ; if winterly, thou need'st 
But keep that countenance still. 
Shak., Cymbeline, iii. 4. 13. 
Francis the First of France was one winterly night 
warming himself over the embers of a wood Are. 
Sterne, Tristram Shandy, iv. 21. 
ation in pitch of the percussion-note obtained 
from a cavity upon the opening of the mouth: 
the note becomes louder, higher, and more tym- 
panitic in character. 
'Wintriness (win'tri-nes), «. The character of 
being wintry: as, the wintriness of the climate 
or the season. 
wintroust (win'trus), a. [< xcinter^ -t- -oug.'] 
Wintry; stormy. 
The more wintrous the season of the life hath been, look 
for the fairer summer of pleasures for evermore. Z. Boyd. 
•wintry (win'tri), a. [Also wintery ; < ME. *»ct«- 
try, < AS. wiutrig, wintreg (cf. G. wintericht) ; as 
ivinter^ + -yi.] 1. Of or pertaining to winter; 
occurring in winter ; peculiar or appropriate to 
the cold season of the year; cold and stormy. 
Ere the clouds gather, and the wint'ry sky 
Descends in storms to intercept our passage. 
Bowe, ,Tane Shore, ii. 
Great ice-crystals . . . gave the vessel a wintery ap- 
pearance. C. F. Hall, Polar Expedition, 1876, p. 415. 
2. Figuratively, cool ; chilly ; frosty. 
She could even smile — a faint, sweet, wintery smile. 
Mrs. Gaskell, Cranford, ii. 
'winy (wi'ni), «. [<«•!«<; -t- -yl.] Characteris- 
tic of or peculiar to wine; resembling wine; 
pertaining to or influenced by wine; 'vinous. 
Also wincy. 
But, being once well chafed with wine, . . . there was 
no matter their ears had ever heard of that grew not to 
be a subject of their winie conference. 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, iL 
They are much like such Grapes as grow on our 'Vines, 
both ill shape and colour ; and they are of a very pleasant 
n'iny taste. Dampier, Voyages, I. 392. 
winzel (winz), n. [Prob. < 'winze, v., winnow, 
Icel. rinza, winnow, < rindr, wind : see win<p, 
and cf. winnow.] In mining, a vertical or in- 
clined excavation which is like a shaft except 
that it does not rise to the surface. The winze 
usually connects one level with another, for the purpose 
of promoting the ventilation of that part of the workings 
near to which it is. Winzes also, to a certain extent, serve 
the purpose of mills or passes, since the stoping is often 
begun from them, and some time must necessarily elapse 
before a regular mill can be formed in the deads. 
'Winze'-^ (winz). «. [Ult. identical with wish, 
prob. through D. rencenschen, curse, G. ver- 
