Webster's Dictionary 1913

2755

Wrought

Wrought (?), imp. & p. p. of Work.Alas that I was wrought! Chaucer.

2756

Wrought (2)

Wrought, a. Worked; elaborated; not rough or crude.Wrought iron. See under Iron.

2757

Wrung

Wrung (?), imp. & p. p. of Wring.

2758

Wry

Wry (?), v. t. [AS. wreón.] To cover.Wrie you in that mantle. Chaucer.

2759

Wry (2)

Wry (?), a. [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 ...

2760

Wry (3)

Wry, v. i. 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...

2761

Wry (4)

Wry, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Wried; p. pr. & vb. n.Wrying.] [OE. wrien. See Wry, a.] To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex. Sir P. Sidney.Guests by hundreds, not one cari...

2762

Wrybill

Wry″bill′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Crookbill.

2763

Wrymouth

Wry″mouth′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any one of several species of large, elongated, marine fishes of the genus Cryptacanthodes, especially C. maculatus of the American coast. A whitish va...

2764

Wryneck

Wry″neck (?), n.(Med.)1. A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles of the neck; torticollis.2....

2765

Wrynecked

Wry″necked′ (?), a. Having a distorted neck; having the deformity called wryneck.

2766

Wryness

Wry″ness, n. The quality or state of being wry, or distorted. W. Montagu.

2767

Wrythen

Wryth″en (?), obs.p. p. of Writhe. Writhen.

2768

Wulfenite

Wul″fen‐ite (?), n. [So named after F. X. Wulfen, an Australian mineralogist.] (Min.) Native lead molybdate occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually tabular, and of a bright or...

2769

Wull

Wull (?), v. t. & i. See 2d Will.Pour out to all that wull. Spenser.

2770

Wung-out

Wung″–out′ (?), a. Having the sails set in the manner called wing-and-wing.

2771

Wurbagool

Wur″ba‐gool (?), n.(Zoöl.) A fruit bat (Pteropus medius) native of India. It is similar to the flying fox, but smaller.

2772

Wurmal

Wur″mal (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Wormil.

2773

Wurraluh

Wur″ra‐luh (?), n.(Zoöl.) The Australian white-quilled honey eater (Entomyza albipennis).

2774

Wust

{ Wust (?), Wuste }, obs.imp. of Wit. Piers Plowman.

2775

Wyandots

Wy′an‐dots″ (?), n. pl.; sing. Wyandot (�). (Ethnol.) Same as Hurons. [Written also Wyandottes, and Yendots.]

2776

Wych-elm

Wych″–elm′ (?), n. [OE. wiche a kind of elm, AS. wice a kind of tree. Cf. Wicker.] (Bot.) A species of elm (Ulmus montana) found in Northern and Western Europe; Scotch elm.☞ By ...

2777

Wych-hazel

Wych″–ha′zel (?), n.(Bot.) The wych-elm; — so called because its leaves are like those of the hazel.

2778

Wyclifite

{ Wyc″lif‐ite, Wyc″liff‐ite } (?), n. A follower of Wyclif, the English reformer; a Lollard.

2779

Wyd

Wyd (?), a. Wide. Chaucer.

2780

Wye

Wye (?), n.; pl.Wyes (�).1. The letter Y.2. A kind of crotch. See Y, n. (a).

2781

Wyke

Wyke (?), n. Week. Chaucer.