Emily Dickinson Lexicon — WRY

Dictionary: WRY – WYCH'-ELM

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WRY, a. [Goth. wraicwa, or Dan. vrier, to twist, contracted from vrider, Eng. to writhe.]

Twisted; turned to one side; distorted; as, a wry neck; a wry mouth.
Deviating from the right direction; as, wry words.
Wrested; perverted; as, to put a wry sense on an author's words. – Atterbury.

WRY, v.i.

To be writhed or distorted. [Not used.]

WRY, v.t.

To distort; to wrest. [Not used.]

WRY'NECK, n. [wry and neck.]

A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side, and at the same time somewhat forward. – Cyc.
A disease of the spasmodic kind in sheep, in which the head is drawn to one side. – Cyc.
In ornithology, a bird resembling the woodpeckers, the Yunx torquilla; so called from the singular manner in which, when surprised, it turns its head over its shoulders. – Ed. Encyc.

WRY'NECK-ED, a.

Having a distorted neck.

WRY'NESS, n.

The state of being wry or distorted. – Mountague.

WYCH'-ELM, n.

A variety of the elm, or a peculiar species, (Ulmus montana), which is said by some to be only a variety of Ulmus campestris, a native of Europe. – Cyc.