Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wrapping"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Wrap \Wrap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrapped}or {Wrapt}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Wrapping}.] [OE. wrappen, probably akin to E. warp.
[root]144. Cf. {Warp}.]
1. To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds.

Then cometh Simon Peter, . . . and seeth . . . the
napkin that was about his head, not lying with the
linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by
itself. --John xx. 6,
7.

Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About
him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. --Bryant.

2. To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to
involve; to infold; -- often with up.

I . . . wrapt in mist Of midnight vapor, glide
obscure. --Milton.

3. To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to
involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by.

Wise poets that wrap truth in tales. --Carew.

{To be wrapped up in}, to be wholly engrossed in; to be
entirely dependent on; to be covered with.

Leontine's young wife, in whom all his happiness was
wrapped up, died in a few days after the death of
her daughter. --Addison.

Things reflected on in gross and transiently . . .
are thought to be wrapped up in impenetrable
obscurity. --Locke.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

wrapping
n 1: the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which
something is wrapped [syn: {wrap}, {wrapper}]
2: an enveloping bandage [syn: {swathe}]


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