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

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

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

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

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

Outlawry :: Outlawry (n.) The act of outlawing; the putting a man out of the protection of law, or the process by which a man (as an absconding criminal) is deprived of that protection..

Askew :: Askew (adv. & a.) Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry..

Wrying :: Wrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wr.

Torticollis :: Torticollis (n.) See Wryneck.

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

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..

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..

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..

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

Cowry :: Cowry (n.) A marine shell of the genus Cypraea.

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

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

Wry :: Wry (superl.) Wrested; perverted.

Wrythen :: Wrythen (p. p.) Writhen.

Slab :: Slab (n.) The wryneck.

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