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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1685
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(Wyndyng,) Winding, vbl. n.2 [e.m.E. wyndinge (c1500), winding (1605).] A blast of a horn. — 1685 Caldwell P. 150.
A man … gives notice … by so many windings of his horn as there are horsemen coming
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