wrapper (raper)

[ As soon as such a number of books are perfected, the surplus of the various signatures are thrown aside for wrappers and other official uses. Rev. W. Tooke , in Ellis's Lit, Letters, p. 430. Specifically-( a ) The loose and detachable cover of paper put about a book bound in cloth to preserve its freshne ; sometimes, incorrectly, the sewed or pasted cover of a pamphlet. (b) Tobacco-leaf specially suited or prepared for covering cigars: distinguished from filler . See filler1 , 4. Sumatra tobacco consists of large, strong, flexible leaves, which are imported into this country solely for the purpose of making cigar wrappers . The Nation, XLVIIL 379. 3. Aloose garment meant to envelop the whole, or nearly the whole, person: applied to both indoor and outdoor garments, such as dre ing-gowns, overcoats, and shawls. At certain times Me lech man ser... on a Day pleyed at the Che e, and his Swerd lay besyde him; and so befelle that on wratthed him, and with his owne propre Swerd he was slayn. Mandeville , Travels, p. 37. I wol not wrathe him, also mote I thryve. Chaucer, Prol. to Manciple's Tale, 1. 80. And that es drede perfite in vs and gastely when we drede to wrethe God in the leste syne that we kane knawe and flese it als venyme. Hampole , Prose Treatises (E. E. T. S.), p. 12. Harper's Mag ., LXXVII. 137. 2. To be angry with; exhibit anger or wrath 4. An undershirt. [Colloq. or trade use.] 5. In Fungi , same as volva . wrapping-paper (rap'ing-pā"per), n. See pa- Whi wraththist thou me? y greue thee nouzt. Whi art thou to thi freend vnkinde? Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 161. wrathful (räth'fül), a. [ wrethful , wreth- Strong men, and wrathful that a stranger knight Should do and almost overdo the deeds Of Lance lot. Tennyson, Lance lot and Elaine. 2. Expre ive of or prompted or characterized by wrath or anger; raging; impetuous; fur i- ous: as, wrathful pa ions; a wrathful coun- tenance. Their proud contempt that beats His peace to heaven. Shak ., K. John, ii. 1. 87. = Syn. 1. Indignant, resentful, exasperated, irate. wrathfully (räth'fül-i), adv . [ ME.wrethfully ; wrathful +-ly2.] In a wrathful manner; with anger; angrily. wra e, the striped wra e, Labrus mixt us . - Ctenoid wra es, wra es with ctenoid scales; the Ctenolabridæ . - Cycloid wra es, wra es with cycloid scales; the Cyclo labridæ. - Servellan wra e. Same as sweetlips , 3. Small-mouthed wra e, Centrolabrus exoletus . (See also ballan - wra e , rainbow - wra e .) wra e-fish (ras'fish), n. A wra e. See La- brus (with cut). wroth: see wroth . Wrath is thus the noun of wroth. The historical pron. is räth, which is also almost or quite universal in the United States.] 1. Fierce anger; vehement indign a- tion; rage. Yet in his wraugth this thought he euer among: If he shuld avenge hym sodenly, All his pepill wold say he did hym wrong. Generydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1373. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 31. wratht (räth), a. An obsolete (in early modern use erroneous) form of wroth. Whereat the Prince full wrath his strong right hand In full avengement heaved up on hie. IMG:content-2590.png:[blocks in formation] wratht (räth), v . [ wrath then , wratthen, wrathen, wrathien , AS.gewrathian (= OS.wreth- ian Icel. reitha ), be angry, wrath , angry: see wroth and wrath , n.] I. in trans . To become wroth or angry; manifest anger. Than the worthy at his wife wrathet a little, And blamyt the burde for hir bold spec he. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 8442. And appere in hus presence whyle hym pleye lyketh, And yf he wratthe , we mowe be war and hus way roume. Piers Plowman (C), i. 189. IMG:content-2591.png:[blocks in formation] G. W. Cable, Old Creole Days, Po on Jone. wrathle (räth'les), a. [ wrath the lees ; wrath , n., + -le .] Free from anger. Wal- ler , Of the Counte of Car lisle's Chamber. wrathy (rä'thi), a. [ wrath , n., + -y1.] An- gry. [Colloq.] wrawt, a. [ME. wraw , wrah , wroz , pl. wrowe, perverse, angry, fierce; cf. wro , a corner.] An- gry; froward; peevish. pel, Skt. V varj , turn, twist.] 1. To revenge; avenge: with either the offense or the person offended as the object. [Obsolescent.] Now tyme, by my trauthe, to take it on hond, To mene vs with manhode & our mys wreke . Thogh his bowe be nat broken, He wol nat with his arwes been ywroken On thee ne me, ne noon of oure figure. Chaucer, Envoy of Chaucer to Scogan, 1. 26. To send down Justice for to wreak our wrongs. Shak., Tit. And., iv. 3. 51. Grant me some knight to do the battle for me, Kill the foul thief, and wreak me for my son. 2. To execute; inflict: as, to wreak vengeance on an enemy. Working that malice on the creatures heere, which he could not there so easily wrecke on their Creator. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 25. Milton , P. L., iii. 241. Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 105. I drede of thyn unhappe, Lest for thy gilt the wreche of Love procede On alle hem that ben hore and rounde of shape, That ben so lykly folk in love to spede. Chaucer , Envoy of Chaucer to Scogan, 1. 30. Our writings are, By any envious instruments that dare Apply them to the guilty, made to speak What they will have to fit their tyrannous wreak. B. Jonson, Sejanus, iv. 3. IMG:content-2592.png:[blocks in formation] cry as a cat; waul; whine; moan. Nor practize snufflingly to speake, for that doth imitate The brutish Storke and Elephant, yea, and the wralling Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 293. Spenser, F. Q., VI. xii. 27. wrawne t, n. [ wraw + -ne .] Anger; peevishne ; frowardne . He dooth alle thyng with anoy, and with wrawne e , slak- ne e, and excusacioun. Chaucer, Parson's Tale. wraxling (raks'ling), a . A dialectal form of Wr wrastling for wrestling . Davies . [Prov. Eng.] As long as there's a devil or devils, even an a or a es, in the universe, one will have to turn out to the reveille now and then, wherever one is, and satisfy one's θυμός, rage, or pluck, which Plato averreth (for why, he'd have been a wraxling man, and therefore was a philosopher, and the king of 'em) to be the root of all virtue. wraył (ra), v. t. [ wreyen , wreien , wrezen , wregan = OS. wrogian = OFries. wrogia = OHG. ruogen = Icel. rægja = Goth. wrõhjan , accuse, betray. Cf. bewray.] 1. To reveal; disclose. Thou shalt upon thy trout he swere me heere That to no wight thou shalt this conseil wreye . IMG:content-2593.png:[blocks in formation] The stork, the wrekere of avouterye. Infernal Furies eke, ye wreakers of wrong,.. Receive these words, and eke your heavy power Withdraw from me. Surrey, Eneid, iv. What thing is love? It is a power divine, That reigns in us, or else a wreakful law. Greene, Sonnet to. Working wreakefull vengeance on my Foes. Shak., Tit. And., v. 2. 32 (fol. 1623). wreakle 1t (rēk'les), a. [ wreak1 + -le .] Unpunished; unavenged. wreath (reth), n. [ wrethe , wræthe , wræth , a twisted band, bandage, wrīthan (pret. wrath ), writhe, twist: see writhe .] 1. A twisted band; something twisted, as a flowering branch, into a circular form; especially, a sort of crown made of natural or artificial flowers sewed to a stem, or of thin metal-work, filigree, or the like; a garland; a chaplet. A wrethe of gold arm-greet, of huge wighte, Upon his heed, set ful of stones brighte. Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 1287. IMG:content-2594.png:[blocks in formation] Wreath, as worn at the end of the 14th century: the origin of the heraldic wreath borne under the crest and seeming to support it. (From Viollet-le-Duc's "Dict. du Mobilier français.")" then shown edgewise, and resembles a short piece of stout rope, and should show three turns of the metal and three of the color, beginning at the dexter side with the metal. Such a wreath may also be borne on the head of a man or a woman. It is then represented in perspective as in nature. (b) The tail of a wild boar: mentioned in the blazon only when of a different tincture from the rest of the bearing.-3. Something resembling a twisted band; something narrow, long, and circular, of slightly irregular outline. IMG:content-2595.png:[blocks in formation] Tennyson, Guinevere. 4. A defect in gla , consisting of a wavy appearance, due to want of uniform density. This defect is most common in flint-gla .-5. The trochal disk of a rotifer with its fringe of cilia. See cuts under Rotifer a and trochal. - Civic wreath. See civic. - Purple wreath. See Petrea. St. Peter's wreath. Same as Italian may (which see, under may4 ). - Wreath circular, in her., a wreath shown fully, not edgewise or in perspective, forming, therefore, a complete circle. It is in this form that a wreath is generally shown when used as a bearing. Wreath Circular.