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▪ I. ˈwrying, vbl. n.1 dial.
[f. wry v.1 + -ing1.]
(See quot.)
a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Wrying, covering, of bed⁓clothes, &c., not of apparel.
▪ II. wrying, vbl. n.2|ˈraɪɪŋ|
[f. wry v.2 + -ing1.]
1. The action of twisting, wringing, or writhing; an instance of this.
1580Blundevil Horsemanship, Diseases clix. 68 b, The taint being made somwhat full, with continuall turning and wrieng of it. a1586Sidney Arcadia ii. xiv, A certaine wrying I had of my necke. c1595Capt. Wyatt Dudley's Voy. (Hakl. Soc.) 42 The motion and wryinge of his mouth. 1611Cotgr., Tortuement, a crooking,..wrying, writhing. 1888G. Gissing Life's Morning III. xx. 161 Wilfrid [spoke] with a little wrying of the lips.
†2. The action of wresting or perverting. Obs.
1562Winȝet Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 20 We allegeit na thing..bot sinceirlie the expres Word of God, but wrysting, wrying, gloissing, or cloking. a1598Rollock Passion xxv. (1616) 237 We must not thinke, Brethren, that this is any wrying and wresting of the old Scripture.
†3. The action of deviating or turning from a course, etc.; straying. Obs.
1592Babington Notes on Gen. iii. 10 Wryings and turnings from the matter will not serue, minsings and shiftings before hym were neuer currant. 1604― Notes on Exod. iii. §18 How hard it is to leaue a wonted wrying from the right way. 1879G. M. Hopkins Let. 9 Apr. (1935) 78 It seems to me to hit the mark it aims at without any wrying. |