Definition of wry

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Wry (superl.) Wrested; perverted.

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Wry :: Wry (superl.) Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth..
Jewry :: "Jewry (n.) Judea; also, a district inhabited by Jews; a Jews' quarter..
Dowry :: Dowry (n.) A gift; endowment.
Dowry :: Dowry (n.) A gift or presents for the bride, on espousal. See Dower..
Wrying :: Wrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wr.
Mow :: Mow (n.) A wry face.
Avow :: Avow (v. t.) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See Avowry..
Contortion :: Contortion (n.) A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the contortion of the muscles of the face..
Snakebird :: Snakebird (n.) The wryneck.
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.
Weet-bird :: Weet-bird (n.) The wryneck; -- so called from its cry.
Ghostfish :: Ghostfish (n.) A pale unspotted variety of the wrymouth.
Wry :: Wry (superl.) Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words..
Pici :: Pici (n. pl.) A division of birds including the woodpeckers and wrynecks.
Avowry :: Avowry (n.) An advocate; a patron; a patron saint.
Exigent :: Exigent (n.) The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry.
Wrie :: Wrie (a. & v.) See Wry.
Cowry :: Cowry (n.) A marine shell of the genus Cypraea.
Dot :: Dot (n.) A marriage portion; dowry.
Slab :: Slab (n.) The wryneck.
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