Dyeing. [f. WINCE sb.2] trans. To immerse in or pass through a vat by means of a wince. Also absol. Hence Wincing vbl. sb.; attrib. in wincing-machine = WINCE sb.2 2.
1839. Ure, Dict. Arts, 224. They are winced for a few minutes in a weak solution of chloride of lime. Ibid., 1300. Wincing-machine, is the English name of the dyer’s reel, which he suspends horizontally,… over the edge of his vat.
1875. Ure’s Dict. Arts, etc. (ed. 7), I. 660. Wince again five times. Ibid. 2 pieces of 30 yards of velvet are put in and winced backwards and forwards five times.
