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Quotation dates: 1724-1896
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WIN, v.3 To dwell, reside, habitually stay (Sc. 1808 Jam., s.v. Won). Also fig. Comb. winnin-house, a dwelling-house (Rxb. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XI. 215). Arch. or liter. Normally a weak v. but the pa.t. won is found (after Win, v.1) (s.Sc. 1857 H. S. Riddell St Matthew iv. 13).Sc. 1724 Ramsay T.-T. Misc. (1876) I. 59:
Auld Rob Morris that wins in yon glen.Per. 1753 A. Nicol Rural Muse 14:
While Use and Wont win' in thir lands, We had nae use for bills nor bands.Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 10:
Onie ane that wins beyont the Kairn.Edb. 1773 Fergusson Poems (S.T.S.) II. 161:
Whare do ye win, gin ane may spier?Sc. 1803 Session Papers, Scoon v. Hume (29 June) 11:
After a narrow inspection into all and every part of said houses, both winning-house and office-houses, it is my opinion, that they are in a tenantable condition.Ayr. 1834 Galt Liter. Life II. 124:
In wynd, or close, or stair, to speer If wins blithe luckie Fortune here.Rxb. 1848 R. Davidson Leaves 37:
Until this auld witch came to win in the glen.Per. a.1879 in P. R. Drummond Bygone Days 49:
Ye mind when we won in Whinglen.e.Lth. 1896 J. Lumsden Battles 138:
Ane auld Warlock, gray and staid, Wha wins by himsel' in a rocky cave.
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