WINCE
VERBS
► CRINGE to wince in embarrassment or distaste → colloq.
► QUETCH of persons or animals: to move the body or any part of it; to stir; in later use, to shrink, to wince, to twitch with pain, and usually in negative clauses → c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► QUINCH to move, to stir, to make a slight noise; to start, to flinch, to wince → 1530 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
► QUITCH of persons or animals: to move the body or any part of it; to stir; in later use, to shrink, to wince, to twitch with pain, and usually in negative clauses → c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SCRINGE ► SKRINGE to flinch; to cringe; to shrink, as from pain, cold, or fear; to flinch; to wince; to shrivel, as with sharp cold or dry head → 1790 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
► WINCH to wince → 1941 Amer. dial.