Definition of wry

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

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Peabird :: Peabird (n.) The wryneck; -- so called from its note.
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..
Contort :: Contort (v. t.) To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest..
Dowry :: Dowry (n.) A gift; endowment.
Wry :: Wry (superl.) Wrested; perverted.
Extradotal :: Extradotal (a.) Forming no part of the dowry; as, extradotal property..
Wrong :: Wrong (a.) Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose..
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..
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..
Cowlick :: Cowlick (n.) A tuft of hair turned up or awry (usually over the forehead), as if licked by a cow..
Asquint :: Asquint (adv.) With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to look asquint..
Reversal :: Reversal (n.) A change or overthrowing; as, the reversal of a judgment, which amounts to an official declaration that it is false; the reversal of an attainder, or of an outlawry, by which the sentence is rendered void..
Wrie :: Wrie (a. & v.) See Wry.
Awry :: Awry (adv. & a.) Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely..
Skew :: Skew (adv.) Awry; obliquely; askew.
Ewry :: Ewry (n.) An office or place of household service where the ewers were formerly kept.
Torticollis :: Torticollis (n.) See Wryneck.
Wry :: Wry (superl.) Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth..
Avowry :: Avowry (n.) An advocate; a patron; a patron saint.
Camously :: Camously (adv.) Awry.
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