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Lowry :: Lowry (n.) An open box car used on railroads. Compare Lorry.

Askew :: Askew (adv. & a.) Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry..

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..

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

Extradotal :: Extradotal (a.) Forming no part of the dowry; as, extradotal property..

Yunx :: Yunx (n.) A genus of birds comprising the wrynecks.

Cowlick :: Cowlick (n.) A tuft of hair turned up or awry (usually over the forehead), as if licked by a cow..

Tonguebird :: Tonguebird (n.) The wryneck.

Chowry :: Chowry (n.) A whisk to keep off files, used in the East Indies..

Contort :: Contort (v. t.) To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest..

Slab :: Slab (n.) The wryneck.

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..

Camously :: Camously (adv.) Awry.

Torticollis :: Torticollis (n.) See Wryneck.

Wrybill :: Wrybill (n.) See Crookbill.

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..

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..

Pici :: Pici (n. pl.) A division of birds including the woodpeckers and wrynecks.

Jewry :: "Jewry (n.) Judea; also, a district inhabited by Jews; a Jews' quarter..

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

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