I. ˈvint transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: probably back-formation from vintage
: to make (wine) from fruit
cherry-wine vinted in the … forest — O.E.Schniebs
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Russian, probably from Yiddish, literally, wind, from Middle High German wint, from Old High German — more at wind
: a card game resembling whist and similar to auction bridge in its bidding that has every trick scored and on a failed bid has the declarer score as usual while the adversaries score 100 times the value for their tricks — called also Russian whist