wreath

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1.Something twisted, intertwined, or curled; as, a wreath of smoke; a wreath of flowers. "A wrethe of gold." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

[He] of his tortuous train Curled many a wanton wreath.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.A garland; a chaplet, esp. one given to a victor. [1913 Webster]

Conquest doth grant He dear wreath to the Grecian combatant.— Chapman.[1913 Webster]

Far back in the ages, The plow with wreaths was crowned.— Bryant.[1913 Webster]

3.(Her.) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest (see Illust. of Crest). It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the arms. [1913 Webster]

1.To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

And from so heavy sight his head did wreathe.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]

2.To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to entwine. [1913 Webster]

The nods and smiles of recognition into which this singular physiognomy was wreathed.— Sir W. Scott.[1913 Webster]

From his slack hand the garland wreathed for Eve Down dropped.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

3.To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold. [1913 Webster]

Each wreathed in the other's arms.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Dusk faces with withe silken turbants wreathed.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

And with thy winding ivy wreathes her lance.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

4.To twine or twist about; to surround; to encircle. [1913 Webster]

In the flowers that wreathe the sparkling bowl, Fell adders hiss.— Prior.[1913 Webster]