n.;
[ He ] of his tortuous train
Curled many a wanton wreath. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Conquest doth grant
He dear wreath to the Grecian combatant. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
Far back in the ages,
The plow with wreaths was crowned. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
And from so heavy sight his head did wreathe. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
The nods and smiles of recognition into which this singular physiognomy was wreathed. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
From his slack hand the garland wreathed for Eve
Down dropped. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Each wreathed in the other's arms. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dusk faces with withe silken turbants wreathed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
And with thy winding ivy wreathes her lance. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
In the flowers that wreathe the sparkling bowl,
Fell adders hiss. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To be intewoven or entwined; to twine together;
a. Twisted; made into a wreath. “Wreathen work of pure gold.” Ex. xxviii. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Destitute of a wreath. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) A marine shell of the genus
a. Wreathed; twisted; curled; spiral; also, full of wreaths. “Wreathy spires, and cochleary turnings about.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]