Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • See aroint.

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  • verb archaic said by milkmaids to their cows after milking them to get them to move aside.

Etymologies

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Examples

  • Gordie - whiddershins and rynt are amazing words that shall slip easily ito my everyday vocabulary...

    Combover and Bilge Fathorse 2007

  • Apparently "rynt ye", is what Cheshire milkmaids used to say to a cow, when they had finished milking it.

    Combover and Bilge Fathorse 2007

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  • Rynt thee!

    May 11, 2009

  • To give up one's place in line to another according to NPR's Says You!.

    November 26, 2016