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Wry :: Wry (v. t.) To cover.

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

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

Slab :: Slab (n.) The wryneck.

Wrong :: Wrong (a.) Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose..

Wry :: Wry (superl.) Wrested; perverted.

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..

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..

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

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

Mow :: Mow (n.) A wry face.

Outlawry :: Outlawry (n.) The state of being an outlaw.

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..

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

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..

Weet-bird :: Weet-bird (n.) The wryneck; -- so called from its cry.

Inlaw :: Inlaw (v. t.) To clear of outlawry or attainder; to place under the protection of the law.

Reversal :: Reversal (n.) A change or overthrowing; as, the reversal of a judgment, which amounts to an official declaration that it is false; the reversal of an attainder, or of an outlawry, by which the sentence is rendered void..

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

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..

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