wrastle (tle as el)

[WRESTLE.) (Prov.) wrath, *wrath the, *wroth, *wrothe, s. & a. [O. Northumbrian wrædho, wrædhdho=wrath; A. S.wrádh wrathful; Dan. & Sw. vrede, from vred = wrathful; Icel. reid hi (for vreidhi ), from reidr = wrathful.] IMG:content-1042.png:[blocks in formation] "Achilles' wrath , to Greece the direful spring, Of woes unnumbered, Heavenly godde , sing!" Pope: Homer's Iliad, 1. 1. *2. Rage, extreme pa ion; impetuosity. (Applied to things.) "They are in the very wrath of love."-Shakesp.: As You Like It, v. 2. *3. The effects of anger; the just punishment of an offense or crime. "He is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil."- Romans xiii. 4. B. As adj .: Wroth, wrathful; violently angry. "Ki e me, quod she, we ben no lenger wrath." Chaucer: C. T. , 6,822. *wrath, v . t . & i. [A. S. wrádhian.] [WRATH, 8.] A. Trans.: To make wrath or wrathful; to anger. B. In trans.: To be or become wrath or angry. "Why thou wrathest now, wonder me think eth." P. Plowman's Vision. *wrath-en, v . t . [Eng. wrath ; -en.] To make wrath or wrathful. "I wol not wrathen him, so mote I thrive." Chaucer: C. Т. , 17,030. wrath-ful, *wrath'-full, *wroth-fulle, adj . [Eng. wrath , s.; -full.] 1. Full of wrath; violently angry; greatly in censed. "Destined by the wrathful gods to die." 2. Proceeding or springing from wrath; expre ive of or characterized by wrath. Dryden: Virgil's Eneid , ii. 178. "Him thus upbraiding, with a wrathful look." Pope: Homer's Iliad, v. 1,092. *3. Wielded with fury. "Like lightning swift the wrathful falchion flew." Pope : Homer's Iliad , x. 524. wrath-fül-ly, *wrathe-ful-ly, adv . [English wrathful; -ly.] In a wrathful manner; with violent anger or indignation; furiously. "And, gentle friends, Let's kill him boldly, but not wrathfully ; Let's carve him as a dish fit for the gods." Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar, ii. 1. wrath-fül-ne , *wrath-ful-ne e, s. [Eng. wrathful; -ne .) The quality or state of being wrathful; wrath. "Wrathfulne is voyded out, and gentlenes and meke nes is in stede thereof infused."- Udall : Luke. (Pref.) wrath-1-ly, adverb . [Eng. wrathy ; -ly.] With great anger; wrathfully. ( Colloq .) *wrath'-ing, *wrathth-yng, s. [Eng. wrath ; -ing . The act of making wrath or angry; provocation. iii. 8. "Wyll yhe hardne youre hertis, as in wraththyng , lyk the dai of temptacioun in the desert." - Wycliffe : Hebrews wrath-le , a. [Eng. wrath , s.; -le .] Free from wrath or anger. "Before his feet so sheep and lions lay, Fearle and wrathle , while they heard him play." Waller: Of the Counte of Car lisle. wrath-ў, -, adj. [Eng. wrath, s.; -y.] Very angry or wrath. ( Colloq.) *wrâwe, *wraw, adj . [Probably connected with wrath.] Angry, peevish, cro , wrath. "With this spec he the coke waxed all wraw." Chaucer: C. T., 16,996. *wrawl, *wrall, *wraule, v . i . [Dan. vraale = to bawl, to roar; vräle to cry, to weep, to moan.] To cry as a cat; to waul, to whine, to moan. "Cats that wrawling still did cry." Spenser: F. Q. , VI. xii. 27. *wrâw-ne , *wraw-ne e, subst . [Eng. wraw; ne .] Peevishne , forwardne . "He doth all things with annoye, and with wrawne e, slakne e, and excusation, with idelne e and unlust." Chaucer: Parson's Tale. *wray, *wrey, v . t . [A. S. wrégan .] [BEWRAY.] To betray, to disclose. "To no wight thou shalt my conseil wrey." Chaucer: C. T. , 3,504. wreak (1), *wreck, #wreke (pa. t. * wrak , wreaked, pa. par. wreaked , * wreken , * wroke , *wroken), v. t. [A. S. wrecan to wreak revenge, to punish, orig. to drive, to urge, to impel (pa. t. wræc , pa. par. wrecen ); cogn. with Dut. wreken = to avenge; Icel. reka (for vreka )=to_drive, to thrust, to repel, to wreak vengeance on; Sw. vräka to reject, to refuse, to throw; German rächen to avenge; Goth. wrikan to wreak vengeance on, to persecute. From the same root as Lat. urgeo = to pre , to urge on.] [WRACK, WRECK, WRETCH.] wreathe 1. To execute, to inflict; to hurl or drive. "Wreak my vengeance on one guilty iand." 12. To revenge. Pope: Homer's Iliad, xviii. 490. IMG:content-1043.png:[blocks in formation] "Of fals Edlik fayr wild he him wreke ." Robert de Brunne, p. 46. *wreak (2), v. t. [REEK.] Το care, to reek. "[He] little wreaks to find the way to heav'n By doing deeds of hospitality." Shakesp.: As You Like It , ii. 4. *wreak, *wreche, *wreke, s. [A. S. wræc , wracu =revenge, punishment.) [WREAK, v.] 1. Revenge, vengeance. "And what an if His sorrow have so overwhelm'd his wits, Shall we be thus afflicted in his wreaks , His fits, his frenzy, and his bitterne ?" Shakesp.: Titus Andronicus, iv. 4. 2. Furious pa ion; resentment, fury. "For in the holy temple have I sworn Wreak of his villainy." G. Peele: David and Beths a be. *wreak'-er, subst. [Eng. wreak (1), v.; -er.] An avenger. "And of our bones some wreaker may there spring." Surrey: Virgil's Æneid , iv. *wreak-fül, *wreke-ful, a. [Eng. wreak , s.; full .] Revengeful, angry. "Working wreakful vengeance on thy foes." Shakesp.: Titus Andronicus , v. 2. *wreak'-le , a. [English wreak (2), v.; -le .] Carele , reckle . "So flies the wreakle shepherd from the wolf." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. III ., v. 6. wreath, *wreathe, s. [A. S. wrædh =a twisted band, a bandage, from wradh , pa. t. of wridhan = to writhe, to twist.) [WRITHE.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. Something twisted or curled. "He of his tortuous train Curled many a wanton wreath in sight of Eve." Milton: P. L., ix. 517. 2. A garland, a chaplet; an ornamental bandage to be worn on the head. "A myrtle wreathe she wore." Congreve: Ovid; Art of Love, iii. II. Her.: The roll or chaplet above the helmet, on which the crest is usually borne. It is supposed to consist of the twisted garland of cloth by which the knightly crest was affixed or held to the helmet in medieval times, and was formed of two colors, being those of the principal colors of the arms, which are twisted alternately. Wreaths may also be circular, but the straight wreath is the IMG:content-1044.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To form into a wreath; to make or fashion by twining, twisting, or winding the parts of together. "Around her forehead that shines so bright They wreathe a wreath of roses white. Praed: Legend of the Drachenfels. 3. To entwine, to intertwine, to interweave; to wind or twine together. "Cables braided threefold sure." together wreathed Surrey: Paraphrase on Eccles ., ch. iv. 4. To surround with a wreath or with anything twisted or twined; to twist, twine, or fold round. "For thee she feeds her hair, And with thy winding ivy wreathes her lance." Dryden. ( Todd .) 5. To surround or encircle, as a wreath or garland does; to form or become a wreath round; to en IMG:content-1045.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1046.png:[blocks in formation]