A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1609, 1680
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(Wyndarman,) Windarman, Winderman, n. [Wynd v.] A man who operates a winding mechanism. —1609 Hilderstoun Silver Mines I 110b.
Pickmen and windarmen sinking a new shaft bewest the haill auld wark 1680 Banff Field C. (1903) 44.
The suckneris … does not pay the dewtie … according to vse and wont … ane multie of meill to the miller, half ane multie to the winderman
