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winze

1  [winz]
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–noun Mining.
a vertical or inclined shaft driven downward from a drift into an orebody.
Also, windz.
Compare raise (def. 38).

Origin:
1750–60; earlier winds, appar. deriv. of wind 2 in obs. n. sense “apparatus for winding”

winze

2  [winz]
–noun Scot.
a curse.
Origin:
1775–85; perh. < D wens wish, wensen to wish; see wish
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winze   (wĭnz)   
n.  An inclined or vertical shaft or passage between levels in a mine.

[Alteration of obsolete winds, probably from wind2, apparatus for winding.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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