Definition of wry

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Wry (v. i.) To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.

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Wrong :: Wrong (a.) Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose..
Ghostfish :: Ghostfish (n.) A pale unspotted variety of the wrymouth.
Wrie :: Wrie (a. & v.) See Wry.
Wry :: Wry (v. i.) To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.
Avow :: Avow (v. t.) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See Avowry..
Snakebird :: Snakebird (n.) The wryneck.
Tonguebird :: Tonguebird (n.) The wryneck.
Atwirl :: Atwirl (a. & adv.) Twisted; distorted; awry.
Mouth :: Mouth (n.) A wry face; a grimace; a mow.
Outlawry :: Outlawry (n.) The state of being an outlaw.
Extradotal :: Extradotal (a.) Forming no part of the dowry; as, extradotal property..
Cowry :: Cowry (n.) A marine shell of the genus Cypraea.
Askew :: Askew (adv. & a.) Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry..
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..
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..
Peabird :: Peabird (n.) The wryneck; -- so called from its note.
Kam :: Kam (n.) Crooked; awry.
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..
Wryness :: Wryness (n.) The quality or state of being wry, or distorted..
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