winze 1
/winz/ , n. Mining.
a vertical or inclined shaft driven downward from a drift into an orebody.
Also, windz . Cf. raise (def. 39).
[ 1750-60; earlier winds, appar. deriv. of WIND 2 in obs. n. sense "apparatus for winding" ]
winze 2
/winz/ , n. Scot.
a curse.
[ 1775-85; perh. wens wish, wensen to wish; see WISH ]