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Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
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1828 Definition
WRY, a.
WRY, v.i. To be writhed or distorted. [Not used.]
WRY, v.t. To distort; to wrest. [Not used.]
1913 Definition
To cover.
[Obs.]
Wrie you in that mantle. Chaucer. Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a
wry mouth.
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. 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. To twist;
to writhe; to bend or wind.
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 To twist] to
distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.
Sir P. Sidney.
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