Wreck

rek, n. destruction destruction of a ship wridhan, ruins of a destroyed ship remains of anything Sans. ruined. v.t. to destroy or disable: to ruin. Writing, v.i. to suffer wreck or ruin. [Lit. thing cast out nen and broken,* found in Low Ger. wrak, Dut. wrak; book Ice. reki, a thing drifted ashore. See Wreak.] papers. Wrecker, rek'er, one who plunders wrecks. Wrong, 566 fate, far mS, hfer mine mate;;; Wrong ren, n. a well-known small bird. [A.S.; cf. the Gael, dreadhan, Ir. drean rensh, v.t. to wring or puli with a to force by violence: to sprain. n. a twist: a sprain an instrument for turn bolts, . [A. S. wretican; Ger. renktn Wring.] rest, v.t. to twist from by force to twist truth or from its natural meaning. n. pulling and twisting distortion. n. [A.S. wrast an Dan. vriste from the root of Writhe.] res'l, v.i. to contend by grappling and to throw the other down to struggle. a bout at wrestling a struggle between two throw each other down. Wrestler. [A.S. han from wriest an, E. Wrest.] rech, n. a most miserable person one in vice; a worthle person. [Lit. ‘an — A.S. wreaa wrecan, E. Wreak.] rech'ed, adj very miserable worth- — adv. Wretchedly, Wretchedne . Wretch.] — rig'i, v to twist to and fro v.t. to by wriggling.—?/. Wriggler. [Extension obs wrig, conn, with A.S. ivrigian. See r!t, «. a maker (chiefly used in com- — as ship-vsright, [AS. wyrhta pa.p of we or can, E. Work ring, v to twist to force by twisting force or compre to pain to extort to bend of its position.—v to writhe to twist and pa p. wrung, (/>.) wringed. [A.S. Ger. ringen, to wriggle, twist; allied Wriggle. Cf. wrench. rmg'kl, h. a small ridge on a surface twisting or shrinking unevenne . v contract into wrinkles or furrows to make —v.i. to shrink into ridges. [A.S. wnncle vnneau, wring an, to wring Dut. ivronckel, twisting dim. of Wring.] nngk'h, aiij. full of wrinkles liable to wrinkled. nsi, n. the joint by which the hand is to the arm. [A.S. wrist Ger. ns/.] nst'band, n. the band or part of a which covers the wrist. a writing {law) a written document which one is summoned or required to do Holy Writ, the Scriptures. rit, v.t. to form letters with a pen or to expre in writing to compose to to record to communicate by letter.— to perform the act of writing to be emas a clerk to compose liooks to send writing, wrflte pa.p [A S. urttan Ice. nta the original being to scratch (cf. the cog. Ger. to tear).] rlt'er, «. one who writes: a scribe or an ordinary legal practitioner in Scotch towns an author —Writer to the an attorney or solicitor in Scotland. rlt'er-ship, n the office of a writer rxth, V to turn to and fro to twist to wrest. v.i. to twist. [A.S, to twist Icc. ridka L, vertere. vrat. See Wreath, Wrath, and Wroth.] rTt'ing, n. act of forming letters with a that^ which is written a document a an inscription \~pl. legal deeds official rang, adj. not according to rule or right: mfite mCOn then. 576 IMG:page-576.webp:Page 576 Wrongful net or suitable incorrect not right or true. —«. whatever is not right or just any injury done to another.—adv. not rightly. — to do wrong to: to deprive of some right: to injure. —adv. Wrongly. [Lit. twisted/ from Wring cf. Fr. tort, from L. tort us twisted.]