windlestraw

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But before I found them I encountered a windlestraw which showed which way blew the wind and gave promise of a very gale.

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  1. noun Chiefly British A thin, dried stalk of grass.

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  1. Old English windelstrēaw : windel, basket (from windan, to wind) + strēaw, straw; see straw.

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  1. Also Scots windlestræ; from Anglo-Saxon windelstreów, straw for plaiting, from windel, a woven basket, etc., + streów, etc., straw: see windle and straw.
 

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/ˈwɪndlstrɔ/
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