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Wynd vs Rynd - What's the difference?

wynd | rynd |

As nouns the difference between wynd and rynd

is that wynd is a narrow lane, alley or path, especially one between houses while rynd is a piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone, by which the stone is supported on the spindle.

wynd

English

(wikipedia wynd)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A narrow lane, alley or path, especially one between houses.
  • *1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 637:
  • *:He flew through the moonlight streets, clattering over cobbles, darting down narrow alleys and up twisty wynds , racing to his love.
  • *2010 , Tom Dyckhoff, The Guardian , 10 Jul 2010:
  • *:Stirling's called an Edinburgh mini-me: the same winding wynds , the same historic core, castle, looming romantic hills. Only a lot cheaper.

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    rynd

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone, by which the stone is supported on the spindle.
    • (Webster 1913)