Wren

ren, n. a genus ( Troglodytes ) and family ( Troglodytidæ ) of birds, having a slender, slightly curved and pointed bill, the wings very short and rounded, the tail short and carried erect, the legs slender and rather long.— ns. Wren′ning , the stoning of a wren to death on St Stephen's Day, December 26th— Wrenning Day —once practised in the North Country; Wren′-tit , a Californian bird ( Chamæa fasci at a ), of dubious relations, at once resembling the wren and the titmouse. [A.S. wrenna , wrǽnna — wrǽne , lascivious.]