wrapper

[Eng. wrap (1), v.; -er.] 1. One who wraps. 2. That in which anything is wrapped or inclosed; that which is wrapped round anything; an envelope; an outer covering. "My arms were pre ed to my sides, and my legs closed together by so many wrappers , that I looked like an Egyptian mummy."- Add is on : Spectator , No. 90. 3. A loose over or upper garment; applied sometimes to a lady's dre ing-gown or the like, and sometimes to a loose overcoat. "I quickly found that Nitella pa ed her time between finery and dirt, and was always in a wrapper , nightcap, and slippers, when she was not decorated for immediate show."- Rambler , No. 115. wrăp'-ping, pr. par., a. & s. [WRAP (1), v.] A. As pr . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adj .: Used or designed for wrapping or covering; as, wrapping paper. C. As subst. That in which anything is wrapped; IMG:content-1041.png:[blocks in formation] *wras-tel-er, s. [WRASTLE.] A wrestler. "The best wrasteler that ever here cam." Chaucer: C. T., 280. (Prol.)