(heraldry) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest; an orle, a torse. It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the coat of arms.
A defect in glass.
An ornamental circular band made, for example, of plaited flowers and leaves, and used as decoration; a garland or chaplet, especially one given to a victor.
Something twisted, intertwined, or curled.
verb
(transitive) To place an entwined circle of flowers upon or around something.
(transitive) To wrap around something in a circle.
wresat
wrests
wrests
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wrest
wretch
wretch
noun
(archaic) An exile.
An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.
An unpleasant, annoying, worthless, or despicable person.
verb
Misspelling of retch.
wricht
wriest
wright
wright
noun
(obsolete except in compounds) A builder or maker of something.
verb
(dated) Misspelling of write.
wrihte
wrists
wrists
noun
plural of wrist
wristy
wristy
adj
Characterised by marked or exaggerated movement of the wrist; involving deft wrist movements.
noun
(slang) A handjob.
writee
writee
noun
(rare) One who is written to; the recipient of a letter, etc.
(rare) One who or that which is written about; the subject of an article, etc.
writer
writer
noun
(Scotland) An ordinary legal practitioner in Scottish country towns.
(US) A petty officer in the United States navy who keeps the watch-muster and other books of the ship.
(finance) The seller of an option.
(historical) A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor.
(slang) A graffiti artist.
A person who writes, or produces literary work; an author can refer to themself as "the writer".
Anything that writes or produces output.
writes
writes
noun
plural of write
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of write
writhe
writhe
noun
(knot theory) The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot
(rare) A contortion.
verb
(intransitive) To twist bodily; to contort one's self; to be distorted.
(transitive) To contort (a part of the body).
(transitive) To extort.
(transitive) To twist, wring (something).
writhy
writhy
adj
Characterized by or prone to writhing.
wrocht
wrothe
wrothe
verb
simple past tense of writhe
wrothy
wrothy
adj
Alternative form of wrathy
wrycht
wryest
wryest
adj
superlative form of wry: most wry
wurset
wursts
wursts
noun
plural of wurst
wuther
wuther
noun
(archaic, dialectal) A low roaring or rushing sound.
verb
(intransitive, archaic, dialectal) To make a rushing sound; to whizz.
(intransitive, archaic, dialectal) To shake vigorously.