Obs. exc. dial. Also 9 yarewind. [OE. ʓearnwinde (= WFris. jernwine, NFris. juarnwinj, Flem. garenwinde, MHG., G. garnwinde, Icel. garnvinda skein of yarn), f. ȝearn YARN sb. + *winde OHG. winta (G. winde) winder. Cf. GARNWIN.] = YARNWINDLE.

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c. 725.  Corpus Gloss. (Hessels), R 168. Reponile, ʓearnuuinde.

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c. 1000.  Gloss., in Wr.-Wülcker, 213/11. Conductum, ʓearnwinde.

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1879.  Miss Jackson, Shropsh. Word-bk., Yarewinds (yaa·r’winz) … a machine for bolding yarn intended to be made into skeins or wound into balls…. The yarewinds consisted of a reel and stand.

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1903.  Eng. Dial. Dict., Yarnwinds [Shetland, Caithness].

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