Word Meanings - WREATH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the 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. (more info) 1. Something twisted,

Additional info about word: WREATH

An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the 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. (more info) 1. Something twisted, intertwined, or curled; as, a wreath of smoke; a wreath of flowers. "A wrethe of gold." Chaucer. 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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of WREATH)

• Chaplet
• Garland
• wreath
• coronal
• Diadem
• Crown
• coronet
• chaplet
• fillet
• tiara
• circlet
• I lit iue
• Twist
• plait
• interlace
• braid
• bind
• Trophy
• War-spoil
• acquisition
• laurels
• palm
• bays
• prize
• medal
• feather
• Twine
• wind
• embrace
• entwine
• unite
• bend
• meander

Related words: (words related to WREATH)

• CROWN SIDE
  See OFFICE
• INTERLACE
  To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave. Severed into stripes That interlaced each other. Cowper. The epic way is every where interlaced with dialogue. Dryden. Interlacing arches
• CROWNED
  1. Having or wearing a crown; surmounted, invested, or adorned, with a crown, wreath, garland, etc.; honored; rewarded; completed; consummated; perfected. "Crowned with one crest." Shak. "Crowned with conquest." Milton. With surpassing
• UNITERABLE
  Not iterable; incapable of being repeated. "To play away an uniterable life." Sir T. Browne.
• FEATHERNESS
  The state or condition of being feathery.
• GARLANDLESS
  Destitute of a garland. Shelley.
• CROWNER
  A coroner. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, crowns. Beau. & FL. 2. Etym:
• FEATHER-FEW
  Feverfew.
• FEATHER-VEINED
  Having the veins diverging from the two sides of a midrib.
• TIARAED
  Adorned with, or wearing, a tiara.
• CROWNLAND
  In Austria-Hungary, one of the provinces, or largest administrative divisions of the monarchy; as, the crownland of Lower Austria.
• MEDAL PLAY
  Play in which the score is reckoned by counting the number of strokes.
• FEATHER-FOIL
  An aquatic plant , having finely divided leaves.
• CROWN OFFICE
  The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.
• ENTWINEMENT
  A twining or twisting together or round; union. Bp. Hacket.
• FILLETING
  The protecting of a joint, as between roof and parapet wall, with mortar, or cement, where flashing is employed in better work. 2. The material of which fillets are made; also, fillets, collectively.
• CROWN-SAW
  A saw in the form of a hollow cylinder, with teeth on the end or edge, and operated by a rotative motion. Note: The trephine was the first of the class of crownsaws. Knight.
• WREATHLESS
  Destitute of a wreath.
• ACQUISITION
  1. The act or process of acquiring. The acquisition or loss of a province. Macaulay. 2. The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition. Syn. -- See Acquirement.
• WREATHE
  1. To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn. 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
• HYPERTROPHY
  A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the opposite of atrophy.
• EUTROPHY
  Healthy nutrition; soundless as regards the nutritive functions.
• ENGARLAND
  To encircle with a garland, or with garlands. Sir P. Sidney.
• PLAIT
  of plicare to fold, akin to plectere to plait. See Ply, and cf. Plat 1. A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait. The plaits and foldings of the drapery. Addison. 2. A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat. Polish plait. Same
• INTERTWIST
  To twist together one with another; to intertwine.
• UNTWIST
  1. To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as that which is twisted; to untwine. If one of the twines of the twist do untwist, The twine that untwisteth, untwisteth the twist. Wallis. 2. To untie; to open; to disentangle. Milton.
• INTWINE
  To twine or twist into, or together; to wreathe; as, a wreath of flowers intwined.