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Definition for WI'ER-Y
WIELD-Y
WIFE
WI'ER-Y
, a. [from wire.]
Made of wire; having the properties of wire. It would be better written Wiry.
[Sax.
wær
, a pool.] Wet; marshy. [Not in use.] – Shak.
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