Wreathy, reeth'-e, a

adorned with a wreath; twisted; curled; spiral. driven on the shore, upon rocks, or by foundering; the ruins of a ship stranded; a ship dashed against rocks or land, and broken, ken, or otherwise rendered usele ly violence and fracture; di olution by violence; ruin; destruction; the remains of anything ruined; dead weeds and gra ; goods, ., which, after a shipwreck, are cast upon landry the sea [Law]; the ve el in which ores are washed the the third time [Metal.]: v.a. to strand; to drive against the shore, or dash against rocks, and break or destroy; to cause to suffer shipwreck; to ruin: v.n. to suffer wreck or ruin (A.S. wrecan, to drive).