GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Wreath , n.; pl. Wreaths . [OE. wrethe, AS. wrǣð a twisted band, fr. wrīðan to twist. See Writhe.]
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   Something twisted, intertwined, or curled; as, a wreath of smoke; a wreath of flowers. “A wrethe of gold.”
   Chaucer.
   
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   [He] of his tortuous train
   Curled many a wanton wreath.
   Milton.
   
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   A garland; a chaplet, esp. one given to a victor.
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   Conquest doth grant
   He dear wreath to the Grecian combatant.
   Chapman.
   
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   Far back in the ages,
   The plow with wreaths was crowned.
   Bryant.
   
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   (Her.) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest (see Illust. of Crest). It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the arms.
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   Wreathe , v. t. [imp. Wreathed ; p. p. Wreathed; Archaic Wreathen ; p. pr. & vb. n. Wreathing.] [See Wreath, n.] [Written also wreath.]
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   To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn. [Obs.]
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   And from so heavy sight his head did wreathe.
   Spenser.
   
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   To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to entwine.
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   The nods and smiles of recognition into which this singular physiognomy was wreathed.
   Sir W. Scott.
   
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   From his slack hand the garland wreathed for Eve
   Down dropped.
   Milton.
   
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   To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold.
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   Each wreathed in the other's arms.
   Shak.
   
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   Dusk faces with withe silken turbants wreathed.
   Milton.
   
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   And with thy winding ivy wreathes her lance.
   Dryden.
   
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   To twine or twist about; to surround; to encircle.
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   In the flowers that wreathe the sparkling bowl,
   Fell adders hiss.
   Prior.
   
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