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Wry :: Wry (a.) To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.

Awry :: Awry (adv. & a.) Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely..

Dower :: Dower (n.) That which a woman brings to a husband in marriage; dowry.

Weet-bird :: Weet-bird (n.) The wryneck; -- so called from its cry.

Wrynecked :: Wrynecked (a.) Having a distorted neck; having the deformity called wryneck.

Fleer :: Fleer () To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; as, to fleer and flout..

Wryneck :: Wryneck (n.) 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..

Contortion :: Contortion (n.) A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the contortion of the muscles of the face..

Wry :: Wry (superl.) Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words..

Wryneck :: Wryneck (n.) 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.

Extradotal :: Extradotal (a.) Forming no part of the dowry; as, extradotal property..

Chowry :: Chowry (n.) A whisk to keep off files, used in the East Indies..

Ewry :: Ewry (n.) An office or place of household service where the ewers were formerly kept.

Dot :: Dot (n.) A marriage portion; dowry.

Awry :: Awry (adv. & a.) Turned or twisted toward one side; not in a straight or true direction, or position; out of the right course; distorted; obliquely; asquint; with oblique vision; as, to glance awry..

Wrymouth :: Wrymouth (n.) 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..

Lowry :: Lowry (n.) An open box car used on railroads. Compare Lorry.

Proscription :: Proscription (n.) The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the public offer of a reward for the head of a political enemy; as, under the triumvirate, many of the best Roman citizens fell by proscription..

Tonguebird :: Tonguebird (n.) The wryneck.

Avowry :: Avowry (n.) The act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the taking in his own right..

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