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

Wry :: Wry (v. i.) To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.

Wry :: Wry (v. i.) To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.

Contort :: Contort (v. t.) To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest..

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

Long-tongue :: Long-tongue (n.) The wryneck.

Squabble :: Squabble (v. t.) To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry or are mixed and need careful readjustment; -- said of type that has been set up..

Wrie :: Wrie (a. & v.) See Wry.

Attaint :: Attaint (v. t.) To subject (a person) to the legal condition formerly resulting from a sentence of death or outlawry, pronounced in respect of treason or felony; to affect by attainder..

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..

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..

Tocher :: Tocher (n.) Dowry brought by a bride to her husband.

Ghostfish :: Ghostfish (n.) A pale unspotted variety of the wrymouth.

Moe :: Moe (n.) A wry face or mouth; a mow.

Dowry :: Dowry (n.) A gift or presents for the bride, on espousal. See Dower..

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..

Mouth :: Mouth (n.) A wry face; a grimace; a mow.

Exigent :: Exigent (n.) The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry.

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

Avowry :: Avowry (n.) An advocate; a patron; a patron saint.

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