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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

The dictionary's 1913 edition of the 1900 International, renamed Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, has in modern times been used in various free online resources, as its copyright lapsed and it became public domain.
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Wriggle

Wriggle (wriggle)
v. i.(?)
Wrig"gle
[imp. & p. p. Wriggled (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Wriggling (?).] [Freq. of wrig, probably from OE. wrikken to move to and fro] cf. LG. wriggeln, D. wrikken, Sw. vricka
  1. To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.

    Both he and successors would often wriggle in their seats,
    as long as the cushion lasted.     Swift.

Wriggle

Wriggle (wriggle)
v. t.
Wrig"gle
  1. To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and squirming; like a worm.

    Covetousness will wriggle itself out at a small hole. Fuller.

    Wriggling his body to recover
    His seat, and cast his right leg over.     Hudibras.

Wriggle

Wriggle (wriggle)
a.
Wrig"gle
  1. Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible.
    [Obs.] "Their wriggle tails." Spenser.

Wriggle

Wriggle (wriggle)
n.
Wrig"gle
  1. Act of wriggling; a short or quick writhing motion or contortion.












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