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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..

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

Dower :: Dower (n.) That which a woman brings to a husband in marriage; dowry.

Awry :: Awry (adv. & a.) Turned or twisted toward one side; not in a straight or true direction, or position; out of the right course; distorted; obliquely; asquint; with oblique vision; as, to glance awry..

Wry :: Wry (v. i.) To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.

Tocher :: Tocher (n.) Dowry brought by a bride to her husband.

Exigent :: Exigent (n.) The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry.

Awry :: Awry (adv. & a.) Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely..

Proscription :: Proscription (n.) The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the public offer of a reward for the head of a political enemy; as, under the triumvirate, many of the best Roman citizens fell by proscription..

Contortion :: Contortion (n.) A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the contortion of the muscles of the face..

Dowry :: Dowry (n.) A gift; endowment.

Wrymouth :: Wrymouth (n.) Any one of several species of large, elongated, marine fishes of the genus Cryptacanthodes, especially C. maculatus of the American coast. A whitish variety is called ghostfish..

Wrie :: Wrie (a. & v.) See Wry.

Skew :: Skew (adv.) Awry; obliquely; askew.

Avow :: Avow (v. t.) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See Avowry..

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..

Ewry :: Ewry (n.) An office or place of household service where the ewers were formerly kept.

Mouth :: Mouth (n.) A wry face; a grimace; a mow.

Wrying :: Wrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wr.

Dot :: Dot (n.) A marriage portion; dowry.

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