Wreath

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster

Wreath - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

WREATH, n. [See Writhe.]

1. To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; as, to wreath a garland of flowers.

2. To interweave; to entwine; as chains of wreathed work.

3. To encircle, as a garland.

The flowrs that wreath the sparkling bowl.

4. To encircle as with a garland; to dress in a garland.

And with thy winding ivy wreaths her lance.

WREATH, v.i. To be interwoven or entwined; as a bower of wreathing trees.

Source of the article

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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