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   Wry (?), v. t. [AS. wreón.] To cover.  [Obs.]
   
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   Wrie you in that mantle. Chaucer.
   
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   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, 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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   Must murder wives much better than themselves
   
   For wrying but a little! Shak.
   
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   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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