winnooween

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English wyndouynge (“swirling, scattering”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌwɪnuːˈiːn/

Noun

winnooween

1. blowing
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     The condel is to winnooween.

     The wind is blowing the candle.

Derived terms

• to winnooween

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 78