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v. t. 1. To make less; to bring low. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our drooping days are dwindled down to naught. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To break; to disperse. [ R. ] Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of dwindling; a dwindling. [ R. ] Mrs. Oliphant. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Swindled p. pr. & vb. n. Swindling ] [ See Swindler. ] To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lammote . . . has swindled one of them out of three hundred livres. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of swindling; a cheat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. schwindler, fr. schwindlen to be dizzy, to act thoughtlessly, to cheat, fr. schwindel dizziness, fr. schwinden to vanish, to disappear, to dwindle. See Swim to be dizzy. ] One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Sharper; rogue. -- Swindler, Sharper. These words agree in describing persons who take unfair advantages. A swindler is one who obtains money or goods under false pretenses. A sharper is one who cheats by sharp practice, as in playing at cards or staking what he can not pay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fraud and injustice soon follow, and the dignity of the British merchant is sunk in the scandalous appellation of a swindler. V. Knox. [ 1913 Webster ]

Perhaps you 'll think I act the same
As a sly sharper plays his game. Cotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Swindling; rougery. [ R. ] “Swindlery and blackguardism.” Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Wind to turn. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A spindle; a kind of reel; a winch. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The redwing. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having no wind; calm. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Wanting wind; out of breath. [ 1913 Webster ]