Hypertext Webster Gateway: "periwig"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Periwig \Per"i*wig\, n. [OE. perrwige, perwicke, corrupt. fr. F.
perruque; cf. OD. peruyk, from French. See {Peruke}, and cf.
{Wig}.]
A headdress of false hair, usually covering the whole head,
and representing the natural hair; a wig. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Periwig \Per"i*wig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perwigged}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Perwigging}.]
To dress with a periwig, or with false hair. --Swift.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
periwig
n : wig for men fashionable in 17th-18th centuries [syn: {peruke}]
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