Definition of wry

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Wry (superl.) Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words..

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Cowry :: Cowry (n.) A marine shell of the genus Cypraea.
Across :: Across (adv.) Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.
Wryness :: Wryness (n.) The quality or state of being wry, or distorted..
Atwirl :: Atwirl (a. & adv.) Twisted; distorted; awry.
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.
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..
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..
Tonguebird :: Tonguebird (n.) The wryneck.
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..
Wry :: Wry (superl.) Wrested; perverted.
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..
Moe :: Moe (n.) A wry face or mouth; a mow.
Wrynecked :: Wrynecked (a.) Having a distorted neck; having the deformity called wryneck.
Cowlick :: Cowlick (n.) A tuft of hair turned up or awry (usually over the forehead), as if licked by a cow..
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..
Jewry :: "Jewry (n.) Judea; also, a district inhabited by Jews; a Jews' quarter..
Wry :: Wry (v. t.) To cover.
Chowry :: Chowry (n.) A whisk to keep off files, used in the East Indies..
Dot :: Dot (n.) A marriage portion; dowry.
Askew :: Askew (adv. & a.) Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry..
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