Wry (?), v. t. [AS. wreon.]
To cover.
[Obs.]
Wrie you in that mantle.
Chaucer.
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Wry (?), a. [Compar. Wrier (?); superl. Wriest.] [Akin to OE. wrien to twist, to bend, AS. wrigian to tend towards, to drive.]
1.
Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.
2.
Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words.
Not according to the wry rigor of our neighbors, who never take up an old idea without some extravagance in its application.
Landor.
3.
Wrested; perverted.
He . . . puts a wry sense upon Protestant writers.
Atterbury.
Wry face, a distortion of the countenance indicating impatience, disgust, or discomfort; a grimace.
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Wry, v. i.
1.
To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.
2.
To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.
This Phebus gan awayward for to wryen.
Chaucer.
How many
Must murder wives much better than themselves
For wrying but a little!
Shak.
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Wry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wried; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrying.] [OE. wrien. See Wry, a.]
To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.
Sir P. Sidney.
Guests by hundreds, not one caring
If the dear host's neck were wried.
R. Browning.
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