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Wry

Wry (wry)
v. t.(?)
Wry
[AS. wreó]n.]
  1. To cover.
    [Obs.]

    Wrie you in that mantle. Chaucer.

Wry

Wry (wry)
a.(?)
Wry
[Compar. Wrier (?); superl. Wriest.] [Akin to OE. wrien to twist, to bend, AS. wrigian to tend towards, to drive.]

  1. Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.
  2. Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words.

    Not according to the wry rigor of our neighbors, who never take up an old idea without some extravagance in its application. Landor.

  3. Wrested; perverted.

    He . . . puts a wry sense upon Protestant writers. Atterbury.

    Wry face, a distortion of the countenance indicating impatience, disgust, or discomfort; a grimace.

Wry

Wry (wry)
v. i.
Wry
  1. To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.
  2. To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.

    This Phebus gan awayward for to wryen. Chaucer.

    How many
    Must murder wives much better than themselves
    For wrying but a little!     Shak.

Wry

Wry (wry)
v. t.
Wry
  1. To twist] to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.
    Sir P. Sidney.

    Guests by hundreds, not one caring
    If the dear host's neck were wried.     R. Browning.













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