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n.
A genus of birds comprising the wrynecks.
n.
See Wryneck.
n.
The quality or state of being wry, or distorted.
superl.
Wrested; perverted.
n.
A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles of the neck; torticollis.
n.
See Crookbill.
superl.
Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words.
n.
Any one of several species of large, elongated, marine fishes of the genus Cryptacanthodes, especially C. maculatus of the American coast. A whitish variety is called ghostfish.
superl.
Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.
a.
Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose.
a.
Having a distorted neck; having the deformity called wryneck.
p. p.
Writhen.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Wry
v. t.
To cover.
v. i.
To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.
imp. & p. p.
of Wry
n.
Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species (J. torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning the neck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck.
a.
To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.
v. i.
To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.
n.
The wryneck.
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