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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The act of washing cloth, dipping it in dye, etc., with a wince.

Wincing machine

(a)

A wince.

Ure.

(b)

A succession of winces. See

Knight.

, WINCING,

ppr.

Flinching; shrinking; kicking.

wincing

wincing ‎(plural wincings)

The act by which someone winces; a grimace.
- Walt Whitman
  poverties, wincings, and sulky retreats