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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27440 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvindingwinding

Two v's (or u's) for w: vvhich → which.

Puritas changed it
11 times in 6 works
Consistency
100% (11 of 11)
Reach if approved
~12 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: winding
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
11 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (11 changes in 6 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 11)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … heart, which are called, Pſalm. 145. 4, 5. crooked wayes, that are like a vvindingwinding vvay, or vvindingwinding brooke, that runs in and out; or, like a vvindingwinding ſtayre caſe, where a …
    With rule
    … heart, which are called, Pſalm. 145. 4, 5. crooked wayes, that are like a vvindingwinding vvay, or vvindingwinding brooke, that runs in and out; or, like a vvindingwinding ſtayre caſe, where a …

    Richard Vines · The Purifying of Unclean Hearts and Hands · p. 5 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … drawing us into hatred, vvho have not Popish Altars, but Communion Tables, partly by vvindingwinding the names of Fathers in, as if they made for you against us, Both …
    With rule
    … drawing us into hatred, vvho have not Popish Altars, but Communion Tables, partly by vvindingwinding the names of Fathers in, as if they made for you against us, Both …

    William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 143 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … part of the hiſtory: The burying of Ieſus after hee vvas vvrapped in the vvindingwinding-ſheet, Iohn in his Goſpel markes the place vvhere he vvas buried: Firſt in …
    With rule
    … part of the hiſtory: The burying of Ieſus after hee vvas vvrapped in the vvindingwinding-ſheet, Iohn in his Goſpel markes the place vvhere he vvas buried: Firſt in …

    Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 256 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … of yow / which to proue Chryſoſtome gouernour of theſe places / voluntarily cite Socrates trippinglie / vvindingwinding vp in thes wordes (et caetera) vvhich is your ruine / and which manifeſtly confuteth …
    With rule
    … of yow / which to proue Chryſoſtome gouernour of theſe places / voluntarily cite Socrates trippinglie / vvindingwinding vp in thes wordes (et caetera) vvhich is your ruine / and which manifeſtly confuteth …

    Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. DCXXV · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … up: Or rather it doth im-import, that Time is Now put into its VVindingWinding-ſheet; and ſo the ſame Greek VVord is rendred, Acts 5. 6. Therefore 'tis Time to …
    With rule
    … up: Or rather it doth im-import, that Time is Now put into its VVindingWinding-ſheet; and ſo the ſame Greek VVord is rendred, Acts 5. 6. Therefore 'tis Time to …

    Benjamin Stonham · The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened · p. 270 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … onely in things lavvfull, honeſt, juſt, and good; our obeying them (vvhich you call vvindingwinding and turning) is no leſſe then an obeying of Chriſt our Lord and Lavv …
    With rule
    … onely in things lavvfull, honeſt, juſt, and good; our obeying them (vvhich you call vvindingwinding and turning) is no leſſe then an obeying of Chriſt our Lord and Lavv …

    Thomas Thache · Gainsayer Convinced · p. 60 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … of one Nicodemus: Whilſt as Ioſeph is vvrapping the body of Ieſus in the vvindingwinding-ſheete, one Nicodemus vvho had come to Ieſus by night to be inſtructed ſecretly …
    With rule
    … of one Nicodemus: Whilſt as Ioſeph is vvrapping the body of Ieſus in the vvindingwinding-ſheete, one Nicodemus vvho had come to Ieſus by night to be inſtructed ſecretly …

    Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 250 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … and turnings of heart, which are called, Pſalm. 145. 4, 5. crooked wayes, that are like a vvindingwinding vvay, or vvindingwinding brooke, that runs in and out; or, like a vvindingwinding ſtayre …
    With rule
    … and turnings of heart, which are called, Pſalm. 145. 4, 5. crooked wayes, that are like a vvindingwinding vvay, or vvindingwinding brooke, that runs in and out; or, like a vvindingwinding ſtayre …

    Richard Vines · The Purifying of Unclean Hearts and Hands · p. 5 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.