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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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WINDERT, n. Also winwird (Sh. 1891 J. Burgess Rasmie's Büddie 52), wunward, wunard (Arg. 1937). Sc. forms of Eng. windward. Sc. usages in phrs. to hae the windert of, to get the better of, forestall. Cf. Eng. “to get to windward of”; to tak the wunward, to surpass all, to “take the biscuit.” See T, letter, 3. (iii).Ayr. 1833 J. Kennedy G. Chalmers 192:
Of a' that ever crossed my five senses, by nicht or by day, that taks the wunward.Bnff. 1842 Blackwood's Mag. (March) 303:
“Ye'd the windert of me there,” laughingly remarked the fisherwoman, who had tried to give fifty for sixty.