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wreathy, a.|ˈriːθɪ|
[f. as prec. + -y1.]
1. Of the form of a wreath, coil, or twisted band; marked or characterized by convolution, twisting, or twining; wreathing, curling.
1644Digby Nat. Bodies xxiii. §1. 203 A vast multitude of seuerall little ioyntes, and wreathy labyrinthes of nature. 1658Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. (ed. 3) iii. xxiii. 135 That famous one [sc. horn] which is preserved at St. Dennis near Paris, hath wreathy spires, and cochleary turnings about it. 1798J. Baillie Fugitive Verses (1840) 3 Slowly mounts the smoke in wreathy clouds. Ibid. 110 Wreathy folds. 1817Moore Lalla R., Nourmahal 411 Those wreathy, Red Sea shells, Where Love himself, of old, lay sleeping. a1851Moir Evening Tranquillity vi, Above yon cottage..The wreathy smoke ascends. 1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xxxvi. (1856) 332 The long, wreathy brown clouds.
transf.1784–5Ann. Reg., Poetry 137 Wreathy smiles, and roseate pleasures, Are thy richest, sweetest treasures. 1853Fraser's Mag. XLVII. 513 The very foam of the sea, flung in all its wreathy airiness from the crest of a wave.
2. Decked with a wreath or wreathing.
1697Dryden æneis iv. 438 The Bacchanalian Dames..houl about the Hills, and shake the wreathy Spear.
b. Her. (See quot.) rare—0.
1894Parker's Gloss. Her., Tortilly,..a term applied to Ordinaries which are wreathed; the term wreathy is also found.
3. Of the nature of, forming or constituting, a wreath or garland. Also transf.
1718Rowe tr. Lucan 181 Her bristling Locks the wreathy Fillet scorn. 1725Pope Odyssey vi. 152 Around his loins the verdant cincture spreads A wreathy foilage. c1750R. Cumberland in Mem. (1806) 62 The victim beast,..With all its wreathy honours on its head. 1818Blackw. Mag. III. 90 On Carmel's brow the wreathy vine Had all its honours shed. 1828Miss Mitford Village Ser. iii. 146 A wilderness of blossom, interwoven, intertwined, wreathy, garlandy. 1830[see garlandy a.]. 1845Browning Flight of Duchess xvii. 59 His forehead chapleted green with wreathy hop. |