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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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WYNT, v. Also weynt, weint, w(a)int, went; win(d). [sm., s.Sc. wəint; Ork., Mry. wɛnt; Abd. wɪn]

1. tr. and intr. of food or drink: to (allow to) spoil or become sour, orig. by exposure to the air, to taint, go bad (Dmf., Rxb. 1825 Jam., waint, wynt; Cai. 1905 E.D.D.; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.), most freq. in ppl.adj. wyntit, wendit (Dmf. 1867 Trans. Dmf. & Gall. Antiq. Soc. 56, wented; Mry. (wentit), Abd. (wint), sm.Sc. (weintit) 1921 T.S.D.C.; I. and n.Sc., Ags., Fif., Lth., Slk. 1974). Vbl.n. windings, food or drink that has gone sour or flat.Sc. 1777 Thoughts on New Corn Bill 3:
Foreign grain on account of the water-carriage is subject to be heated and the meal to be winded.Cai. 1829 J. Hay Poems 25:
Wi' how their bellies rax'd and budg'd, Wi' yill and whisky windings.Gall. 1843 J. Nicholson Tales 366:
This is all wynted milk.Dmb. 1809 Farmer's Mag. 251:
The butter thus salted is put into a clean well-seasoned kit, and a handful of salt shaken on the top, which keeps it from turning mouldy, or winding.Sc. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. Farm III. 905:
If the least cell of air be left in its mass, or get access by the side of the kit, it will wind the butter, that is, impart to it a rancid taste.Kcb. 1901 R. Trotter Gall. Gossip 247:
She wyntit milk and keppit butter.

2. In ppl.adj., of coal: shattered, crushed in the seam, decomposed, partly carbonised.Fif. 1777 Session Papers, Memorial Carron Co. (25 April) 28:
Being interrogate, Was it fresh coal, or winded? depones, It was so winded, that when he brought three or four bits of it up in his pocket to try, it would not burn, but fell like limestone.