1. WRY, N.
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{dag}1. on or upon wry, = AWRY adv. Sc. Obs.

    2. A twisting or tortuous movement.

    3. Distortion caused by refraction. rare{em}1.

2. WRY, A. AND ADV.
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A. adj.

    1. a. Of the features, neck, etc.: Abnormally deflected, bent, or
turned to one side; in a contorted state or form; distorted.

    b. Temporarily twisted, contorted, or writhed by reason or in
manifestation of disrelish, disgust, or the like. Freq. in the phr. to
make (draw, pull) a wry face or mouth (wry faces or mouths).

    c. Of a smile, etc.: Made with a twisting of the features expressing
dislike or distaste; `twisted'.

    2. a. That has undergone twisting, contortion, or deflexion; wrung
out of shape; twisted, crooked, bent.

    b. Deflected from a straight course; inclined or turned to one side.
Also in fig. context. wry look, one expressive of displeasure or
dislike. So wry twist (of the features).

    3. a. Of words, thoughts, etc.: Contrary to that which is right,
fitting, or just; aberrant, wrong; cross, ill-natured.

    {dag}b. Of persons: Perverse, cross. Obs.{em}1

    c. Wrested; perverted; distorted.

    4. Marked or characterized by perversion, unfairness, or injustice.

    B. adv. In an oblique manner, course, or direction; awry.

    C. Comb., as wry-angled, -eyed, -guided, -legged, -looked, -toothed;
wry-blown; wry-formed, -set.

    b. Special combs.: wry-bill, the wry-billed plover (Anarhynchus
frontalis), native to New Zealand; wry-billed a., having a bill
deflected to one side (see prec.); {dag}wry-neb, a curvirostral fossil
animal; {dag}wry-stroke fig. (see quot.); wry-tail, a deformity in
poultry, characterized by deflexion of the tail to one side.

3. WRY, V. 1
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Obs. exc. dial.

    {dag}1. trans. To lay, place, or spread a cover over (something); to
overlay with some covering; to cover up or over. Obs.

    b. To cover or rake up (a fire) so as to keep it alive. (Cf. RAKE v.1
5.) Now dial.

  Cf. Ovid Met. IV. 64 `Quoque magis tegitur, tanto magis aestuat ignis';
also Fr. `Le feu plus couvert est le plus ardant' (Cotgr. s.v. Feu).

    {dag}2. To cover (a person) with a garment (or armour); to clothe,
attire. Also refl. Occas. in fig. context. Obs.

    {dag}b. To put trappings or armour on (a horse); to caparison, trap,
harness. Obs.

    {dag}3. To cover (a thing, or person) so as to protect, keep warm,
or conceal. Obs.

    {dag}b. To conceal or hide (a matter, etc.); to keep secret or
unrevealed. Obs.

    {dag}c. To disguise (a person). Obs. rare{em}1.

    {dag}4. Of things: To serve as a covering to (a person or thing); to
be spread or extended over.

    {dag}b. To cover or stretch over (an expanse of ground). Obs.

4. WRY, V. 2
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I. intr.

    {dag}1.    a. To move, proceed, or go; to turn, wend. (Only OE.)
Obs.

    {dag}b. To have a particular or specified tendency, disposition, or
inclination; to incline. Obs.

    {dag}2. Of persons: To move or go, to swerve or turn, aside, away,
or awayward. Also in fig. context.

    {dag}b. In similar use without adverb. Obs.

    {dag}c. fig. To deviate or swerve from the right or proper course;
to go wrong, to err. Also with advs., as amiss, aside. Obs.

    {dag}3. Of things: To turn aside or obliquely; to undergo deflexion,
twisting, or bending; to bend, wind; to turn from side to side.

    {dag}b. Of a horse: To hold the head or neck to one side. Obs.{em}1

    4. To contort the limbs, features, etc., as from pain or agony; to
wriggle; to undergo twisting or turning; = WRITHE v.1 10b.

    II. trans.

    {dag}5. To deflect or divert (a person or thing) from some course or
in some direction; to cause to turn aside, away, or back. Also refl.
Obs.

    {dag}b. To avert (the head, face, etc.); to turn aside or away. Obs.

    {dag}c. To change or alter (one's course). Obs.{em}1

    {dag}6. To curve, inflect, bend. Obs.{em}1

    7. To twist or turn (the body, neck, etc.) round or about; to
contort, wring, wrench; to writhe. Also with advs., as {dag}a-doyle.

    b. To twist out of shape, form, or relationship; to give a twist to;
to pull, contort, make wry. Also fig. and in fig. context.

    {dag}c. fig. To wrest the meaning of; = WRITHE v.1 7. Obs.

    {dag}d. To pervert. Obs.

    e. poet. To distort the judgement of; to warp.

    f. poet. To turn, change, or alter (a colour).

    {dag}8. absol. = WRING v. 4c. Obs. rare{em}1.

    9. To twist or distort (the face or mouth), esp. so as to manifest
disgust or distaste; = WRITHE v. 5b. Also refl.

    {dag}10. To roll, wrap, or wind up. Obs.{em}1

5. WRY
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etc.,

    varr. WRAY v.1 Obs.