Wroot Wroot obsolete
imperfect of Write . Wrote. Chaucer.
Wrote Wrote intransitive verb [ Middle English
wroten . See 1st
Root .]
To root with the snout. See 1st Root . [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Wrote Wrote imperfect & archaic past participle of Write .
Wroth Wroth adjective [ Middle English
wroth ,
wrap , Anglo-Saxon
wrāð wroth, crooked, bad; akin to
wrīðan to writhe, and to Old Saxon
wrēð angry, Dutch
wreed cruel, Old High German
reid twisted, Icelandic
reiðr angry, Dan. & Swedish
vred . See
Writhe , and confer
Wrath .]
Full of wrath; angry; incensed; much exasperated; wrathful. "
Wroth to see his kingdom fail."
Milton. Revel and truth as in a low degree,
They be full wroth [ i. e. , at enmity] all day.
Chaucer. Cain was very wroth , and his countenance fell.
Gen. iv. 5.
Wrought Wrought imperfect & past participle of Work . Alas that I was wrought [ created]!
Chaucer.
Wrought Wrought adjective Worked; elaborated; not rough or crude. Wrought iron .
See under Iron .
Wrung Wrung imperfect & past participle of Wring .
Wry Wry transitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon
wreón .]
To cover. [ Obsolete]
Wrie you in that mantle.
Chaucer.
Wry Wry adjective [
Compar. Wrier ;
superl. Wriest .] [ Akin to Middle English
wrien to twist, to bend, Anglo-Saxon
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 intransitive verb 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 transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Wried ;
present participle & verbal noun Wrying .] [ Middle English
wrien . See
Wry ,
adjective ]
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.
Wrybill Wry"bill` noun (Zoology) See Crookbill .
Wrymouth Wry"mouth` noun (Zoology) Any one of several species of large, elongated, marine fishes of the genus Cryptacanthodes , especially C. maculatus of the American coast. A whitish variety is called ghostfish .
Wryneck Wry"neck noun (Medicine) 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. (Zoology) Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx , allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species ( J. torguilla ); -- so called from its habit of turning the neck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's mate , snakebird , summer bird , tonguebird , and writheneck .
Wrynecked Wry"necked` adjective Having a distorted neck; having the deformity called wryneck .
Wryness Wry"ness noun The quality or state of being wry, or distorted. W. Montagu.
Wrythen Wryth"en obsolete
past participle of
Writhe .
Writhen.
Wulfenite Wul"fen·ite noun [ So named after F. X.
Wulfen , an Australian mineralogist.]
(Min.) Native lead molybdate occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually tabular, and of a bright orange-yellow to red, gray, or brown color; -- also called yellow lead ore .
Wull Wull transitive verb & i. See 2d Will . Pour out to all that wull .
Spenser.
Wung-out Wung"-out` adjective Having the sails set in the manner called wing-and-wing . [ Sailors' slang]
Wurbagool Wur"ba·gool noun (Zoology) A fruit bat ( Pteropus medius ) native of India. It is similar to the flying fox, but smaller.
Wurmal Wur"mal noun (Zoology) See Wormil .
Wurraluh Wur"ra·luh noun (Zoology) The Australian white-quilled honey eater ( Entomyza albipennis ).
Wust, Wuste Wust, Wuste obsolete
imperfect of Wit . Piers Plowman.
Wyandots Wy`an·dots" noun plural ; sing.
Wyandot (Ethnol.) Same as Hurons . [ Written also
Wyandottes , and
Yendots .]
Wych-elm Wych"-elm` noun [ Middle English
wiche a kind of elm, Anglo-Saxon
wice a kind of tree. Confer
Wicker .]
(Botany) A species of elm ( Ulmus montana ) found in Northern and Western Europe; Scotch elm. » By confusion this word is often written
witch-elm .
Wych-hazel Wych"-ha`zel noun (Botany) The wych-elm; -- so called because its leaves are like those of the hazel.
Wyclifite, Wycliffite Wyc"lif·ite, Wyc"liff·ite noun A follower of Wyclif, the English reformer; a Lollard.
Wyd Wyd adjective Wide. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Wye Wye noun ;
plural Wyes 1. The letter Y. 2. A kind of crotch. See Y , noun (a) .
Wyke Wyke noun Week. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Wyla Wy"la noun (Zoology) A helmeted Australian cockatoo ( Calyptorhynchus funereus ); -- called also funeral cockatoo .
Wyn, Wynn Wyn, Wynn noun Also
Wen [ Anglo-Saxon
wēn .]
One of the runes adopted into the Anglo-Saxon, or Old English, alphabet. It had the value of modern English w , and was replaced from about a.d. 1280 at first by uu , later by w.
Wynd Wynd noun [ See
Wind to turn.]
A narrow lane or alley. [ Scot.]
Jamieson. The narrow wynds , or alleys, on each side of the street.
Bryant.
Wynkernel Wyn"ker·nel noun (Zoology) The European moor hen. [ Prov. Eng.]
Wynn Wynn noun A kind of timber truck, or carriage.
Wype Wype noun The wipe, or lapwing. [ Prov. Eng.]
Wys Wys (wīz)
adjective Wise. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Wyte Wyte (wīt),
Wy"ten (wī"t'n) , obsolete
pl. present of Wit .
Wythe Wythe (wīth)
noun (Nautical) .
Same as Withe , noun , 4.
Wyvern Wy"vern noun (Her.) Same as Wiver .
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