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[guignere] (s.xiii)
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The form winderer is a cross reference to the following entry:

[guignere] (s.xiii)

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uinnere,  uinre;  winere,  winre;  (winderer,  wndour,  wyndre)  
  FEW:  *wingjan 17,591b Gdf:  guignoeres 4,383b GdfC: ∅ TL: guignoire 4,775 DEAF:  guigne 1 (guignoëre) G1607 DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

1 implement pincers, (pair of) tweezers: 
( MS: s.xiv2 ) pur verme en orel: [...] ardez branchez de freine e la seue que en cort envers[ez]. Aprés, quant ben les poez ver, les ho[r]s trahez de un wndour  A-N Med ii 227.60
♦ cosmet.implement pincers, (pair of) tweezers used to remove hair: 
( MS: c.1250 )  forpice aduncca: wyndre croké  TLL i 61
( MS: s.xiii2 )  forpex: wyndre  TLL ii 23.686
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  forpex: (T) gynole, uinnere  TLL ii 17
( MS: s.xiv2 ) Pus trahez de .j. winderer les maveis peiles que creisent en la teine  A-N Med ii 210.27
2cosmet.implementhairpin, hair-grip (?): 
( MS: s.xiii )  [...] acus (gloss: (A) winere), ancias, inaures et hec omnia capitis omamenta erant  TLL i 175.91 and ii 53.91

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See also:

guigne  guinole 
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