winter1 (winter)

[ And whan the hauene was not able for to dwelle in wynter, ful man ye ordeyneden counseil for to wynterne in the hauene of Crete. Wyclif, Acts xxvii. 12. After many dread full combates with the ice, and one of the shippes departing from the other, they were forced to winter in Noua Zemla. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 434. I went to London with my family to winter at Soho, in the great square. Evelyn, Diary, Nov. 27, 1689. II. trans. 1. To overtake with winter; detain during winter. [Rare.] They sayled to the 49. degree and a halfe vnder the pole Antartyke; where beinge wuntered , they were inforced to remayne there for the space of two monethes. R. Eden, tr. of Antonio Pigafetta (First Books on Amer[ica, ed. Arber, p. 251). IMG:content-2451.png:[blocks in formation] 4. The last portion of corn brought home at 3. To retain during a winter. [Rare.] the end of harvest; or, the state of affairs when all the grain on a farm is reaped and brought un- der cover; also, the rural feast held in celebra- tion of the ingathering of the crops. [Scotch.] For now the maiden has been win, And Winter is at last brought in; And syne they dance and had the kirn. The Har'st Rig , st. 136. (Jamie son.) II. a . Occurring in, characteristic of, or pertaining to winter; wintry. Youth like summer morn, age like winter weather. Shak ., Pa ionate Pilgrim, 1. 159. On a sudden, lo! the level lake, And the long glories of the winter moon. Tennyson, Pa ing of Arthur. Lime-tree winter moth, an American geometrid moth, Hybernia tiliaria, which greatly resembles in habit the European winter moth, and is an occasional enemy to orchards in the United States, although more commonly found on linden and elm. T.W. Harris. Winter aconite. See aconite, and cut under Eranthis. - Winter apple, barley. See the nouns. - Winter a izes, in Eng. law, any court of a ize, se ions of oyer and terminer, or jail-delivery held in November, December, or January. The Win To winter an opinion is too tedious. Rev. T. Adams, Works, III. 5.