Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wreathed"

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

Wreathe \Wreathe\, v. t. [imp. {Wreathed}; p. p. {Wreathed};
Archaic {Wreathen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wreathing}.] [See
{Wreath}, n.] [Written also {wreath}.]
1. To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn.
[Obs.]

And from so heavy sight his head did wreathe.
--Spenser.

2. To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to
entwine.

The nods and smiles of recognition into which this
singular physiognomy was wreathed. --Sir W.
Scott.

From his slack hand the garland wreathed for Eve
Down dropped. --Milton.

3. To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to
encircle; to infold.

Each wreathed in the other's arms. --Shak.

Dusk faces with withe silken turbants wreathed.
--Milton.

And with thy winding ivy wreathes her lance.
--Dryden.

4. To twine or twist about; to surround; to encircle.

In the flowers that wreathe the sparkling bowl, Fell
adders hiss. --Prior.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

wreathed
adj : adorned or crowned with a circlet; sometimes used as
combining forms; "a brow encircled with laurel";
"wreathed in an extraordinary luminescence"; "ringed
round with daisies"; "smoke-wreathed" [syn: {encircled},
{ringed}]


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