Webster's Dictionary 1913

2647

Wreak (3)

Wreak, n. [Cf. AS. wræc exile, persecution, misery. See Wreak, v. t.] Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment. Shak. Spenser.

2648

Wreaken

Wreak″en (?), obs.p. p. of Wreak. Chaucer.

2649

Wreaker

Wreak″er (?), n. [See Wreak.] Avenger.The stork, the wrekere of avouterye. Chaucer.

2650

Wreakful

Wreak″ful (?), a. Revengeful; angry; furious. — Wreak″ful‐ly, adv.

2651

Wreakless

Wreak″less, a. Unrevengeful; weak.

2652

Wreath

Wreath (?; 277), n.; pl.Wreaths (#). [OE. wrethe, AS. wrǣð a twisted band, fr. wrīðan to twist. See Writhe.]1. Something twisted, intertwined, or curled; as, a wreath of smoke; ...

2653

Wreath-shell

Wreath″–shell′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A marine shell of the genus Turbo. See Turbo.

2654

Wreathe

Wreathe (?), v. t. [imp.Wreathed (?); p. p.Wreathed; ArchaicWreathen (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Wreathing.] [See Wreath, n.] [Written also wreath.]1. To cause to revolve or writhe; to ...

2655

Wreathe (2)

Wreathe, v. i. To be intewoven or entwined; to twine together; as, a bower of wreathing trees. Dryden.

2656

Wreathen

Wreath″en (?), a. Twisted; made into a wreath. “Wreathen work of pure gold.” Ex. xxviii. 22.

2657

Wreathless

Wreath″less (?), a. Destitute of a wreath.

2658

Wreathy

Wreath″y (?), a. Wreathed; twisted; curled; spiral; also, full of wreaths. “Wreathy spires, and cochleary turnings about.” Sir T. Browne.

2659

Wrecche

Wrec″che (?), n. A wretch.

2660

Wrecche (2)

Wrec″che, a. Wretched. Chaucer.

2661

Wreche

Wreche (?), n. Wreak. Chaucer.

2662

Wreck

Wreck (?), v. t. & n. See 2d & 3d Wreak.

2663

Wreck (2)

Wreck, n. [OE. wrak, AS. wræc exile, persecution, misery, from wrecan to drive out, punish; akin to D. wrak, adj., damaged, brittle, n., a wreck, wraken to reject, throw off, Ic...

2664

Wreck (3)

Wreck (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Wrecked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Wrecking.]1. To destroy, disable, or seriously damage, as a vessel, by driving it against the shore or on rocks, by cau...

2665

Wreck (4)

Wreck, v. i. 1. To suffer wreck or ruin. Milton.2. To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering.

2666

Wreck-master

Wreck″–mas′ter (?), n. A person appointed by law to take charge of goods, etc., thrown on shore after a shipwreck.

2667

Wreckage

Wreck″age (?; 48), n. 1. The act of wrecking, or state of being wrecked.2. That which has been wrecked; remains of a wreck.

2668

Wrecker

Wreck″er (?), n. 1. One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like.2. One who searches fro, or works upon, the wrecks of vessels, etc. Specifically: (a) One who visits...

2669

Wreckfish

Wreck″fish′ (?), n. [So called because it often comes in with wreckage.] (Zoöl.) A stone bass.

2670

Wreckful

Wreck″ful (?), a. Causing wreck; involving ruin; destructive. “By wreckful wind.” Spenser.

2671

Wrecking

Wreck″ing, a. & n. from Wreck, v.Wrecking car(Railway), a car fitted up with apparatus and implements for removing the wreck occasioned by an accident, as by a collision. — Wrec...

2672

Wreke

{ Wreke (rēk), Wreeke }, v. t. See 2d Wreak.

2673

Wren

Wren (rĕn), n. [OE. wrenne, AS. wrenna, wrænna, perhaps akin to wrǣne lascivious.]1. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to Troglodytes and nume...