Definition of wry

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Wry (superl.) Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth..

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Extradotal :: Extradotal (a.) Forming no part of the dowry; as, extradotal property..
Long-tongue :: Long-tongue (n.) The wryneck.
Outlawry :: Outlawry (n.) The state of being an outlaw.
Attaint :: Attaint (v. t.) To subject (a person) to the legal condition formerly resulting from a sentence of death or outlawry, pronounced in respect of treason or felony; to affect by attainder..
Dot :: Dot (n.) A marriage portion; dowry.
Wry :: Wry (superl.) Wrested; perverted.
Camously :: Camously (adv.) Awry.
Snakebird :: Snakebird (n.) The wryneck.
Wry :: Wry (v. i.) To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.
Wrying :: Wrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wr.
Dowry :: Dowry (n.) The money, goods, or estate, which a woman brings to her husband in marriage; a bride's portion on her marriage. See Note under Dower..
Wrie :: Wrie (a. & v.) See Wry.
Wry :: Wry (superl.) Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words..
Dowry :: Dowry (n.) A gift or presents for the bride, on espousal. See Dower..
Mow :: Mow (n.) A wry face.
Mouth :: Mouth (n.) A wry face; a grimace; a mow.
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..
Portion :: Portion (n.) A wife's fortune; a dowry.
Wryneck :: Wryneck (n.) Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species (J. torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning the neck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck..
Inlaw :: Inlaw (v. t.) To clear of outlawry or attainder; to place under the protection of the law.
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