Part 990 (1/2)

_Barbour._

WREAD, WREATH, _s._ A place for inclosing cattle, Ang.

A. S. _wraeth_, an inclosure. Su. G. _wreit_, _reit_, Isl. _reit-r_, id.

WREE, _s._ An instrument for cleansing grain, by separating that which is sh.e.l.led from what retains the husks, Loth.; p.r.o.n. also ~Ree~, q. v.

_To_ ~Wree~, _v. a._ To separate sh.e.l.led from unsh.e.l.led grain, Loth.

_To_ WREE, _v. a._ To writhe.

V. ~Wry~.

WREGH, _s._ Wretch.

_S. P. Repr._

A. S. _wraecca_, an exile; also, a wretch.

_To_ WREIL, WRELE, _v. n._ To wriggle, to turn about.

_Douglas._

Perhaps merely a corr. of E. _wriggle_.

_To_ WREIST, WRIST, WREST, _v. a._ To sprain any part of the body, S.

_wramp_, synon.

_Lyndsay._

A. S. _wraest-an_, intorquere.

~Wreist~, _s._

1. A writhe or twist.

_Pal. Hon._

2. A sprain, S.; _wramp_, synon.

_Watson._

WREK, _s._ Refuse.