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wry
(encz) | wry,křivý adj: PetrV |
wry
(encz) | wry,zahořklý adj: PetrV |
Wry
(gcide) | Wry \Wry\, a. [Compar. Wrier; superl. Wriest.] [Akin to OE.
wrien to twist, to bend, AS. wrigian to tend towards, to
drive.]
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1. Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.
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2. Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected;
out of place; as, wry words.
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Not according to the wry rigor of our neighbors, who
never take up an old idea without some extravagance
in its application. --Landor.
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3. Wrested; perverted.
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He . . . puts a wry sense upon Protestant writers.
--Atterbury.
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Wry face, a distortion of the countenance indicating
impatience, disgust, or discomfort; a grimace.
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Wry
(gcide) | Wry \Wry\, v. t. [AS. wre['o]n.]
To cover. [Obs.]
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Wrie you in that mantle. --Chaucer.
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Wry
(gcide) | Wry \Wry\, v. i.
1. To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.
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2. To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to
turn side; to swerve.
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This Phebus gan awayward for to wryen. --Chaucer.
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How many
Must murder wives much better than themselves
For wrying but a little! --Shak.
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Wry
(gcide) | Wry \Wry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wried; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wrying.] [OE. wrien. See Wry, a.]
To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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Guests by hundreds, not one caring
If the dear host's neck were wried. --R. Browning.
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wry
(wn) | wry
adj 1: humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic
remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an
ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish
wit" [syn: dry, ironic, ironical, wry]
2: bent to one side; "a wry neck" |
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awry
(encz) | awry,křivý adj: Zdeněk Brožawry,nakřivo adj: awry,pokřivený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
cowry
(encz) | cowry,kauri Zdeněk Brož |
dowry
(encz) | dowry,věno n: Zdeněk Brož |
jewry
(encz) | Jewry,židé Zdeněk BrožJewry,Židovstvo n: xkomczax |
lowry
(encz) | Lowry,Lowry n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
outlawry
(encz) | outlawry,protizákonnost n: Zdeněk Brožoutlawry,vyhoštění n: Zdeněk Brožoutlawry,vypovězení n: Zdeněk Brož |
wry
(encz) | wry,křivý adj: PetrVwry,zahořklý adj: PetrV |
wry face
(encz) | wry face, n: |
wryly
(encz) | wryly,sarkasticky adv: Zdeněk Brož |
wrymouth
(encz) | wrymouth, n: |
wryneck
(encz) | wryneck,krutihlav n: [zoo.] PetrVwryneck,tortikolis n: [med.] schýlení hlavy k jedné straně se stočením
ke straně druhé PetrV |
wryness
(encz) | wryness,sarkastičnost n: Zdeněk Brožwryness,zkřivenost n: Zdeněk Brož |
lowry
(czen) | Lowry,Lowryn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Avowry
(gcide) | Avowry \A*vow"ry\, n. [OE. avouerie protection, authority, OF.
avouerie. See Avow to declare.]
1. An advocate; a patron; a patron saint. [Obs.]
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Let God alone be our avowry. --Latimer.
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2. The act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of
replevin, avows and justifies the taking in his own right.
--Blackstone.
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Note: When an action of replevin is brought, the distrainer
either makes avowry, that is, avours taking the
distress in his own right, or the right of his wife,
and states the reason if it, as for arrears of rent,
damage done, or the like; or makes cognizance, that is,
acknowledges the taking, but justifies in an another's
right, as his bailiff or servant.
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Awry
(gcide) | Awry \A*wry"\ ([.a]*r[imac]"), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + wry.]
1. 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. "Your crown's awry." --Shak.
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Blows them transverse, ten thousand leagues awry.
Into the devious air. --Milton.
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2. Aside from the line of truth, or right reason;
unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely.
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Or by her charms
Draws him awry, enslaved. --Milton.
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Nothing more awry from the law of God and nature
than that a woman should give laws to men. --Milton.
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Chowry
(gcide) | Chowry \Chow"ry\ (chou"r[y^]), n. [Hind. chaunri.]
A whisk to keep off files, used in the East Indies. --Malcom.
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Cowry
(gcide) | Cowrie \Cow"rie\ Cowry \Cow"ry\(kou"r[y^]), n.; pl. Cowries
(-r[i^]z). [Hind. kaur[imac].] (Zool.)
A marine shell of the genus Cypr[ae]a.
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Note: There are numerous species, many of them ornamental.
Formerly Cypr[ae]a moneta and several other species
were largely used as money in Africa and some other
countries, and they are still so used to some extent.
The value is always trifling, and varies at different
places.
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Dowry
(gcide) | Dowry \Dow"ry\ (dou"r[y^]), n.; pl. Dowries (dou"r[i^]z).
[Contr. from dowery; cf. LL. dotarium. See Dower.]
1. A gift; endowment. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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2. 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. --Shak. Dryden.
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3. A gift or presents for the bride, on espousal. See
Dower.
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Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give
. . .; but give me the damsel to wife. --Gen. xxxiv.
12.
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dry ironic ironical pawky wry
(gcide) | humourous \humourous\ adj.
same as humorous; causing amusement or laughter. [Narrower
terms: {bantering, facetious, tongue-in-cheek, witty ;
{boisterous, knockabout, slapstick ; {buffoonish, clownish,
zany}; {comic, comical, funny, laughable, risible ; {droll,
waggish ; {dry, ironic, ironical, pawky, wry ; {farcical,
ludicrous, ridiculous ; {Gilbertian ; {hilarious, uproarious
; jesting, jocose, jocular, jocund, joking; {merry,
mirthful}; {seriocomic, seriocomical ; {tragicomic,
tragicomical ; killing, sidesplitting] Also See:
pleasing.
Syn: humorous.
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Ewry
(gcide) | Ewery \Ew"er*y\ ([=u]"[~e]r*[y^]), Ewry \Ew"ry\ ([=u]"r[y^])n.
[From Ewer.]
An office or place of household service where the ewers were
formerly kept. [Enq.] --Parker.
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Jewry
(gcide) | Jewry \Jew"ry\, n. [OE. Jewerie, OF. Juierie, F. Juiverie.]
1. Judea; also, a district inhabited by Jews; a Jews'
quarter. --Chaucer.
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Teaching throughout all Jewry. --Luke xxiii.
5.
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2. Jewish people, collectively.
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Lowry
(gcide) | Lowry \Low"ry\, n.
An open box car used on railroads. Compare Lorry.
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Orange cowry
(gcide) | Orange \Or"ange\ ([o^]r"[e^]nj), n. [F.; cf. It. arancia,
arancio, LL. arangia, Sp. naranjia, Pg. laranja; all fr. Ar.
n[=a]ranj, Per. n[=a]ranj, n[=a]rang; cf. Skr. n[=a]ranga
orange tree. The o- in F. orange is due to confusion with or
gold, L. aurum, because the orange resembles gold in color.]
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1. The fruit of a tree of the genus Citrus ({Citrus
Aurantium}). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy
carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery
rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow
when ripe.
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Note: There are numerous varieties of oranges; as, the
bitter orange, which is supposed to be the original
stock; the navel orange, which has the rudiment of a
second orange imbedded in the top of the fruit; the
blood orange, with a reddish juice; and the {horned
orange}, in which the carpels are partly separated.
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2. (Bot.) The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree.
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3. The color of an orange; reddish yellow.
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Mandarin orange. See Mandarin.
Mock orange (Bot.), any species of shrubs of the genus
Philadelphus, which have whitish and often fragrant
blossoms.
Native orange, or Orange thorn (Bot.), an Australian
shrub (Citriobatus parviflorus); also, its edible yellow
berries.
Orange bird (Zool.), a tanager of Jamaica (Tanagra zena);
-- so called from its bright orange breast.
Orange cowry (Zool.), a large, handsome cowry ({Cypraea
aurantia}), highly valued by collectors of shells on
account of its rarity.
Orange grass (Bot.), an inconspicuous annual American plant
(Hypericum Sarothra), having minute, deep yellow
flowers.
Orange oil (Chem.), an oily, terpenelike substance obtained
from orange rind, and distinct from neroli oil, which is
obtained from the flowers.
Orange pekoe, a kind of black tea.
Orange pippin, an orange-colored apple with acid flavor.
Quito orange, the orangelike fruit of a shrubby species of
nightshade (Solanum Quitoense), native in Quito.
Orange scale (Zool.) any species of scale insects which
infests orange trees; especially, the purple scale
(Mytilaspis citricola), the long scale ({Mytilaspis
Gloveri}), and the red scale (Aspidiotus Aurantii).
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Outlawry
(gcide) | Outlawry \Out"law`ry\, n.; pl. Outlawries.
1. 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.
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2. The state of being an outlaw.
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3. Defiance of the law; habitual criminality.
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Panther cowry
(gcide) | panther \pan"ther\ (p[a^]n"th[~e]r), n. [OE. pantere, F.
panth[`e]re, L. panthera, Gr. pa`nqhr, prob. fr. Skr.
pundr[imac]ka a tiger.]
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1. (Zool.) A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by
some Zoologists considered a distinct species. It is
marked with large ringlike spots, the centers of which are
darker than the color of the body.
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2. (Zool.) In America, the name is applied to the puma, or
cougar, and sometimes to the jaguar.
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Panther cat (Zool.), the ocelot.
Panther cowry (Zool.), a spotted East Indian cowry
(Cypr[ae]a pantherina); -- so called from its color.
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Wry face
(gcide) | Wry \Wry\, a. [Compar. Wrier; superl. Wriest.] [Akin to OE.
wrien to twist, to bend, AS. wrigian to tend towards, to
drive.]
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1. Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.
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2. Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected;
out of place; as, wry words.
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Not according to the wry rigor of our neighbors, who
never take up an old idea without some extravagance
in its application. --Landor.
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3. Wrested; perverted.
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He . . . puts a wry sense upon Protestant writers.
--Atterbury.
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Wry face, a distortion of the countenance indicating
impatience, disgust, or discomfort; a grimace.
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Wrybill
(gcide) | Wrybill \Wry"bill`\, n. (Zool.)
See Crookbill.
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Wrying
(gcide) | Wry \Wry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wried; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wrying.] [OE. wrien. See Wry, a.]
To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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Guests by hundreds, not one caring
If the dear host's neck were wried. --R. Browning.
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Wrymouth
(gcide) | Wrymouth \Wry"mouth`\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of large, elongated, marine fishes
of the genus Cryptacanthodes, especially {Cryptacanthodes
maculatus} of the American coast. A whitish variety is called
ghostfish.
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Wryneck
(gcide) | Wryneck \Wry"neck\, n. (Med.)
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1. A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck
is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the
muscles of the neck; torticollis.
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2. a person suffering from torticollis.
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3. (Zool.) Any one of several species of Old World birds of
the genus Jynx or subfamily Jynginae, allied to the
woodpeckers; especially, the common European species
(Jynx 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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Wrynecked
(gcide) | Wrynecked \Wry"necked`\, a.
Having a distorted neck; having the deformity called
wryneck[1].
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Wryness
(gcide) | Wryness \Wry"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being wry, or distorted. --W.
Montagu.
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Wrythen
(gcide) | Wrythen \Wryth"en\, obs. p. p. of Writhe.
Writhen.
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awry
(wn) | awry
adv 1: away from the correct or expected course; "something has
gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in
the preparations" [syn: awry, amiss]
2: turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his
necktie twisted awry" [syn: askew, awry, skew-whiff]
adj 1: turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a
gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig
was, as the British say, skew-whiff" [syn: askew,
awry(p), cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff]
2: not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone
completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine"
[syn: amiss(p), awry(p), haywire, wrong(p)] |
clarence malcolm lowry
(wn) | Clarence Malcolm Lowry
n 1: English novelist (1909-1957) [syn: Lowry, {Malcolm
Lowry}, Clarence Malcolm Lowry] |
cowry
(wn) | cowry
n 1: any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus
Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked
shells [syn: cowrie, cowry] |
dowry
(wn) | dowry
n 1: money or property brought by a woman to her husband at
marriage [syn: dowry, dowery, dower, portion] |
jewry
(wn) | Jewry
n 1: Jews collectively |
l. s. lowry
(wn) | L. S. Lowry
n 1: English painter (1887-1976) [syn: Lowry, L. S. Lowry,
Laurence Stephen Lowry] |
laurence stephen lowry
(wn) | Laurence Stephen Lowry
n 1: English painter (1887-1976) [syn: Lowry, L. S. Lowry,
Laurence Stephen Lowry] |
lowry
(wn) | Lowry
n 1: English painter (1887-1976) [syn: Lowry, L. S. Lowry,
Laurence Stephen Lowry]
2: English novelist (1909-1957) [syn: Lowry, Malcolm Lowry,
Clarence Malcolm Lowry] |
malcolm lowry
(wn) | Malcolm Lowry
n 1: English novelist (1909-1957) [syn: Lowry, {Malcolm
Lowry}, Clarence Malcolm Lowry] |
outlawry
(wn) | outlawry
n 1: illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of
the law [syn: lawlessness, outlawry] |
wry
(wn) | wry
adj 1: humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic
remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an
ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish
wit" [syn: dry, ironic, ironical, wry]
2: bent to one side; "a wry neck" |
wry face
(wn) | wry face
n 1: a disdainful grimace [syn: pout, moue, wry face] |
wryly
(wn) | wryly
adv 1: in a wry manner; "`I see,' he commented wryly" |
wrymouth
(wn) | wrymouth
n 1: eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical
mouth [syn: wrymouth, ghostfish, {Cryptacanthodes
maculatus}] |
wryneck
(wn) | wryneck
n 1: an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side
because the neck muscles on that side are contracted [syn:
torticollis, wryneck]
2: Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the
neck |
AVOWRY
(bouvier) | AVOWRY, pleading. An avowry is where the defendant in an action of replevin,
avows the taking of the distress in his own right, or in right of his wife,
and sets forth the cause of it, as for arrears of rent, damage done, or the
like. Lawes on Pl. 35 Hamm. N. P. 464; 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 3571.
2. An avowry is sometimes said to be in the nature of an action or of.
a declaration, and privity of estate is necessary. Co. Lit. 320 a; 1 Serg. &
R. 170-1. There is no general issue upon an avowry and it cannot be
traversed cumulatively. 5 Serg. & R. 377. Alienation cannot be replied to it
without notice; for the tenure is deemed to exist for the purposes of an
avowry till notice be given of the alienation. Ham. Parties, 131-2; Ham. N.
P. 398, 426.
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OUTLAWRY
(bouvier) | OUTLAWRY, Eng. law. The act of being put out of the protection of the law
by process regularly sued out against a person who is in contempt in
refusing to become amenable to the court having jurisdiction. The
proceedings themselves are also called the outlawry.
2. Outlawry may take place in criminal or in civil cases. 3 Bl. Com.
283; Co. Litt. 128; 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 4196.
3. In the United States, outlawry in civil cases is unknown, and if
there are any cases of outlawry in criminal cases they are very rare. Dane's
Ab. eh. 193, a, 34. Vide Bac. Ab. Abatement, B; Id. h.t.; Gilb. Hist. C. P.
196, 197; 2 Virg. Cas. 244; 2 Dall. 92.
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