See Also: winch(dictionary)
winch(2)(dictionary)
winch(1)(dictionary)
winch 2, verb(dictionary)
winch 1, noun(dictionary)
Winch - Sailing(gambling)
ex-directory(dictionary)
Directory(medicine)
ex-directory(dictionary)
directory(dictionary)

winch(2) (iou) and directory(1) (iou)


winch(2) (iou)



winch verb1. obsolete exc. dial. ME.
[from Anglo-Norman var. of Old French guenchier turn aside, avoid, from Germanic: see WINK verb1. Cf. WINCE verb1.]
verb intrans. = WINCE verb1 2. ME.
verb intrans. = WINCE verb1 1. L15.

directory(1) (iou)



directory adjective. LME.
[Late Latin directorius, from director DIRECTOR: see -ORY2.]
Serving or tending to direct; guiding; spec. designating (any part of) a statute which is advisory rather than mandatory in effect.