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n. 1. (Bot.) A white-flowered west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. Maranta arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. Its root yields arrowroot starch. It said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows.
Syn. -- arrowroot, American arrowroot, obedience plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other plants, as various species of Maranta and Curcuma. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. avouerie protection, authority, OF. avouerie. See Avow to declare. ] 1. An advocate; a patron; a patron saint. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Let God alone be our avowry. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the taking in his own right. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When an action of replevin is brought, the distrainer either makes avowry, that is, avours taking the distress in his own right, or the right of his wife, and states the reason if it, as for arrears of rent, damage done, or the like; or makes cognizance, that is, acknowledges the taking, but justifies in an another's right, as his bailiff or servant. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. & i. To avenge. [ Obs. ] See Wreak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + wrong. ] Wrongly. Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + wry. ] 1. Turned or twisted toward one side; not in a straight or true direction, or position; out of the right course; distorted; obliquely; asquint; with oblique vision; as, to glance awry. “Your crown's awry.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blows them transverse, ten thousand leagues awry.
Into the devious air. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Or by her charms
Draws him awry, enslaved. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nothing more awry from the law of God and nature than that a woman should give laws to men. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. It. barletta a tree falcon, or hobby. ] A kind of hawk. [ Obs. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bewrapped ] To wrap up; to cover. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To soil. See Beray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bewrayed p. pr. & vb. n. Bewraying. ] [ OE. bewraien, biwreyen; pref. be- + AS. wrēgan to accuse, betray; akin to OS. wrōgian, OHG. ruogēn, G. rügen, Icel. rægja, Goth. wrōhjan to accuse. ] To expose; to reveal; to disclose; to betray. [ Obs. or Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The murder being once done, he is in less fear, and in more hope that the deed shall not be bewrayed or known. Robynson (More's Utopia. ) [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy speech bewrayeth thee. Matt. xxvi. 73. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, bewrays; a revealer. [ Obs. or Archaic ] Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Betrayal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To wreck. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. be- + wreak. ] To wreak; to avenge. [ Obs. ] Ld. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. be- + wrought, p. p. of work, v. t. ] Embroidered. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bewray; to reveal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. similar to and found with black rockweed.
Syn. -- Ascophyllum nodosum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. common black rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure.
Syn. -- black rockweed, bladder fucus, tang, Fucus vesiculosus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a shrub (Spiraea prunifolia) having copious small white flowers in spring.
Syn. -- bridal wreath, Saint Peter's wreath, St. Peter's wreath. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a boiling water reactor; a type of nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator; -- the steam produced can drive a steam turbine and produce electrical power.
Syn. -- boiling water reactor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cart + wright. ] An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Hind. chaunri. ] A whisk to keep off files, used in the East Indies. Malcom. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Same as Kauri. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n.; pl. Cowries [ Hind. kaurī. ] (Zool.) A marine shell of the genus Cypræa. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ There are numerous species, many of them ornamental. Formerly Cypræa moneta and several other species were largely used as money in Africa and some other countries, and they are still so used to some extent. The value is always trifling, and varies at different places. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Dew + ret, v. t. ] To ret or rot by the process called dewretting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Dewrotting; the process of decomposing the gummy matter of flax and hemp and setting the fibrous part, by exposure on a sward to dew, rain, and sunshine. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To rot, as flax or hemp, by exposure to rain, dew, and sun. See Dewretting. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or relating to a dower. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman entitled to dower. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Dowries [ Contr. from dowery; cf. LL. dotarium. See Dower. ] 1. A gift; endowment. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The money, goods, or estate, which a woman brings to her husband in marriage; a bride's portion on her marriage. See Note under Dower. Shak. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A gift or presents for the bride, on espousal. See Dower. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give . . .; but give me the damsel to wife. Gen. xxxiv. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Railroad) A rod which unites the drawgear at opposite ends of the car, and bears the pull required to draw the train. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Room to extend the elbows on each side; ample room for motion or action; free scope. “My soul hath elbowroom.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then came a stretch of grass and a little more elbowroom. W. G. Norris. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zoöl.) A small wrenlike Australian bird (Stipiturus malachurus), having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu feathers. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To envelop. See Inwrap. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of enwrapping; a wrapping or an envelope. Shuckford. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Inwreathe. Shelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. [ From Ewer. ] An office or place of household service where the ewers were formerly kept. [ Enq. ] Parker. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To wrap up; to conceal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

All mote be said and nought excused, nor hid, nor forwrapped. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To write (a book, article, speech, etc.) for someone else; -- the written material appears under the name of the person for whom it was written.
Syn. -- ghost. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who ghost-writes (a book, article, etc.) for someone else. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The cast or form of writing peculiar to each hand or person; chirography. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is written by hand; manuscript. [ 1913 Webster ]

The handwriting on the wall, a doom pronounced; an omen of disaster. Dan. v. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. written by hand.
Syn. -- handwritten. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate. [ Obs. ] Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Worked up, or swollen, to a high degree; as, a highwrought passion. “A high-wrought flood.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A bryozoan of the genus Flustra. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A builder of houses. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To weave into a wreath; to intertwine. [ R. ] Lovelace. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Written also enwrap. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To cover by wrapping; to involve; to infold; as, to inwrap in a cloak, in smoke, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To involve, as in difficulty or perplexity; to perplex. [ R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To surround or encompass as with a wreath. [ Written also enwreathe. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Resplendent locks, inwreathed with beams. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. or a. [ Pref. in- + wrought. Cf. Inwork. ] Wrought or worked in or among other things; worked into any fabric so as to from a part of its texture; wrought or adorned, as with figures. [ 1913 Webster ]

His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge,
Inwrought with figures dim. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. Jewerie, OF. Juierie, F. Juiverie. ] 1. Judea; also, a district inhabited by Jews; a Jews' quarter. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Teaching throughout all Jewry. Luke xxiii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Jewish people, collectively. [ PJC ]