'Wreath' definitions:
Definition of 'wreath'
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Definition of 'Wreath'
From: GCIDE
- Wreath \Wreath\ (?; 277), n.; pl. Wreaths. [OE. wrethe, AS. wr[=ae][eth] a twisted band, fr. wr[imac][eth]an to twist. See Writhe.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Something twisted, intertwined, or curled; as, a wreath of smoke; a wreath of flowers. "A wrethe of gold." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- [He] of his tortuous train Curled many a wanton wreath. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A garland; a chaplet, esp. one given to a victor. [1913 Webster]
- Conquest doth grant He dear wreath to the Grecian combatant. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
- Far back in the ages, The plow with wreaths was crowned. --Bryant. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Her.) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest (see Illust. of Crest). It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the arms. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'wreath'
From: GCIDE
- Wreathe \Wreathe\, v. t. [imp. Wreathed; p. p. Wreathed; Archaic Wreathen; p. pr. & vb. n. Wreathing.] [See Wreath, n.] [Written also wreath.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- And from so heavy sight his head did wreathe. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to entwine. [1913 Webster]
- The nods and smiles of recognition into which this singular physiognomy was wreathed. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- From his slack hand the garland wreathed for Eve Down dropped. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold. [1913 Webster]
- Each wreathed in the other's arms. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Dusk faces with withe silken turbants wreathed. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- And with thy winding ivy wreathes her lance. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To twine or twist about; to surround; to encircle. [1913 Webster]
- In the flowers that wreathe the sparkling bowl, Fell adders hiss. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wreath'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- achievement,
- alerion,
- animal charge,
- annular muscle,
- annulet,
- annulus,
- areola,
- argent,
- armorial bearings,
- armory,
- arms,
- aureole,
- azure,
- bandeau,
- bar,
- bar sinister,
- baton,
- bays,
- bearings,
- bend,
- bend sinister,
- billet,
- blazon,
- blazonry,
- bordure,
- boughpot,
- bouquet,
- boutonniere,
- braid,
- broad arrow,
- buttonhole,
- cadency mark,
- canton,
- chaplet,
- charge,
- chevron,
- chief,
- circle,
- circuit,
- circumference,
- circus,
- civic crown,
- closed circle,
- coat of arms,
- cockatrice,
- corona,
- coronal,
- coronet,
- corsage,
- crescent,
- crest,
- cross,
- cross moline,
- crown,
- cup,
- cycle,
- device,
- diadem,
- difference,
- differencing,
- discus,
- disk,
- eagle,
- ermine,
- ermines,
- erminites,
- erminois,
- escutcheon,
- eternal return,
- fairy ring,
- falcon,
- fess,
- fess point,
- festoon,
- field,
- file,
- flanch,
- fleur-de-lis,
- flower arrangement,
- fret,
- fur,
- fusil,
- garland,
- glory,
- griffin,
- gules,
- gyron,
- halo,
- hatchment,
- helmet,
- heraldic device,
- honor point,
- impalement,
- impaling,
- inescutcheon,
- label,
- lasso,
- laurel,
- laurels,
- lei,
- lion,
- logical circle,
- loop,
- looplet,
- loving cup,
- lozenge,
- magic circle,
- mantling,
- marshaling,
- martlet,
- mascle,
- metal,
- motto,
- mullet,
- nombril point,
- noose,
- nosegay,
- O,
- octofoil,
- Old Mug,
- or,
- orbit,
- ordinary,
- orle,
- pale,
- palm,
- palms,
- paly,
- pean,
- pheon,
- plait,
- posy,
- pot,
- purpure,
- quarter,
- quartering,
- radius,
- ring,
- rondelle,
- rose,
- round,
- roundel,
- sable,
- saltire,
- saucer,
- scutcheon,
- shield,
- sphincter,
- spray,
- spread eagle,
- subordinary,
- tenne,
- tincture,
- torse,
- tressure,
- trophy,
- unicorn,
- vair,
- vert,
- vicious circle,
- wheel,
- wreathwork,
- yale