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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Contortion :: Contortion (n.) A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the contortion of the muscles of the face..
Cowry :: Cowry (n.) A marine shell of the genus Cypraea.
Weet-bird :: Weet-bird (n.) The wryneck; -- so called from its cry.
Wry :: Wry (superl.) Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth..
Moe :: Moe (n.) A wry face or mouth; a mow.
Wrythen :: Wrythen (p. p.) Writhen.
Utlary :: Utlary (n.) Outlawry.
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..
Tocher :: Tocher (n.) Dowry brought by a bride to her husband.
Mouth :: Mouth (n.) A wry face; a grimace; a mow.
Fleer :: Fleer () To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; as, to fleer and flout..
Ghostfish :: Ghostfish (n.) A pale unspotted variety of the wrymouth.
Across :: Across (adv.) Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.
Extradotal :: Extradotal (a.) Forming no part of the dowry; as, extradotal property..
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..
Wry :: Wry (a.) To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.
Dower :: Dower (n.) That which a woman brings to a husband in marriage; dowry.
Wrynecked :: Wrynecked (a.) Having a distorted neck; having the deformity called wryneck.
Wry :: Wry (v. t.) To cover.
Mop :: Mop (v. i.) To make a wry mouth.
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