Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To twist; writhe; roll; reel; stagger.
  • noun A rolling or reeling motion; a stagger. Also, erroneously, whintle.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Scotland to reel, to stagger
  • verb Scotland to wriggle

Etymologies

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perhaps from a Flemish dialect of Dutch windtelen 'to reel'

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