Definition of wry

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

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Cowlick :: Cowlick (n.) A tuft of hair turned up or awry (usually over the forehead), as if licked by a cow..
Camously :: Camously (adv.) Awry.
Peabird :: Peabird (n.) The wryneck; -- so called from its note.
Mow :: Mow (n.) A wry face.
Chowry :: Chowry (n.) A whisk to keep off files, used in the East Indies..
Moe :: Moe (n.) A wry face or mouth; a mow.
Contort :: Contort (v. t.) To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest..
Wry :: Wry (superl.) Wrested; perverted.
Dot :: Dot (n.) A marriage portion; dowry.
Attainder :: Attainder (n.) The act of attainting, or the state of being attainted; the extinction of the civil rights and capacities of a person, consequent upon sentence of death or outlawry; as, an act of attainder..
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..
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..
Lowry :: Lowry (n.) An open box car used on railroads. Compare Lorry.
Snakebird :: Snakebird (n.) The wryneck.
Dowry :: Dowry (n.) A gift; endowment.
Extradotal :: Extradotal (a.) Forming no part of the dowry; as, extradotal property..
Dowry :: Dowry (n.) A gift or presents for the bride, on espousal. See Dower..
Ewry :: Ewry (n.) An office or place of household service where the ewers were formerly kept.
Kam :: Kam (n.) Crooked; awry.
Awry :: Awry (adv. & a.) Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely..
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