s.w. dial. Var. WINCH sb.1
1847. Halliwell, Wink … (2) A winch, or crank. West.
1873. Williams & Jones, Gloss. Som., Wink, an excavated or sunken well.
1878. D. Kemp, Yacht & Boat Sailing, 380. Wink, a west country term for a kind of winch used in the bow of a boat by fishermen to raise the anchor.
1886. Elworthy, W. Som. Word-bk., Wink, a well from which the water is drawn by a winch, chain, and bucket.
1919. Chope, Some Old Farm Implem., 23. The apparatus for spinning rope was known as a wink (winch) or spinner.
