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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Wound, Wind, ppl. adj. [ME and e.m.E. wounde (Wyclif), wound (1865); Wynd v.] Of cloth or thread: Wound on to a reel, etc. —1598 Edinb. Test. XXXI 393.
Scho leuis … the wound wobis the maist pece to the ȝoungest dochter 1605 Glasgow Chart. I dcxv.
Thair sall be ane commoun metster of wound clayth 1674 Peebles B. Rec. II 88.
The unsufficiencie of the yairne occasioned be selling the same in wind clewes
