dial. Also 7 whinder, 9 windar. [a. early Flem. winder, wender ‘anas mas’ (Kilian).] A widgeon.
1542. in Househ. Ord. (1790), 233. Item, Winders, the doz. 2 s. 4 d.
1668. Charleton, Onomast., 100. Boscas … the whinder.
1672. Brasenose Coll. Oxf. Bills, 23. 130 (MS.). Pulitz, 3 whinder 2 s. 9 d.
1719. D’Urfey, Pills, III. 322. But George he cut the Dragon up, as ’t had bin Duck or Winder.
1803–4. in Col. Hawker, Diary (1893), II. 358. Windar (i. e. wigeon diver or dunbird).
1887. Kentish Gloss.
