 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
wreath
noun: flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage
or flowers for ornamental purposes [syn: {garland}, {coronal},
{chaplet}, {lei}]
verb: encircle with or as if with a wreath; "Her face was wreathed
with blossoms" [syn: {wreathe}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wreath \Wreath\ (?; 277), noun; pl. {Wreaths}. [OE. wrethe, AS.
wr[=ae][eth] a twisted band, fr. wr[=i][eth]an to twist. See
{Writhe}.]
1. Something twisted, intertwined, or curled; as, a wreath of
smoke; a wreath of flowers. ''A wrethe of gold.''
--Chaucer.
[He] of his tortuous train
Curled many a wanton wreath. --Milton.
2. A garland; a chaplet, esp. one given to a victor.
Conquest doth grant
He dear wreath to the Grecian combatant. --Chapman.
Far back in the ages,
The plow with wreaths was crowned. --Bryant.
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wreathe \Wreathe\, verb (used with an object) [imp. {Wreathed}; p. p. {Wreathed};
Archaic {Wreathen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wreathing}.] [See
{Wreath}, noun] [Written also {wreath}.]
1. To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn.
[Obs.]
And from so heavy sight his head did wreathe.
--Spenser.
2. To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to
entwine.
The nods and smiles of recognition into which this
singular physiognomy was wreathed. --Sir W.
Scott.
From his slack hand the garland wreathed for Eve
Down dropped. --Milton.
3. To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to
encircle; to infold.
Each wreathed in the other's arms. --Shak.
Dusk faces with withe silken turbants wreathed.
--Milton.
And with thy winding ivy wreathes her lance.
--Dryden.
4. To twine or twist about; to surround; to encircle.
In the flowers that wreathe the sparkling bowl,
Fell adders hiss. --Prior.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
163 Moby Thesaurus words for "wreath":
O, Old Mug, 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,
octofoil, 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
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