2. To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to brawl; to
altercate. "In spite of occasional wranglings." Macaulay.
For a score of kingdoms you should wrangle.
Shak.
He did not know what it was to wrangle on indifferent points.
Addison.
Wran"gle, v. t. To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil. [R.]
Bp. Sanderson.
Wran"gle (?), n. An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; a squabble; an
altercation.
Syn. — Altercation; bickering; brawl; jar; jangle; contest;
controversy. See Altercation.
Wran"gler (?), n. 1. An angry disputant; one who disputes with heat or
peevishness. "Noisy and contentious wranglers." I. Watts.
2. One of those who stand in the first rank of honors in the University
of Cambridge, England. They are called, according to their rank, senior
wrangler, second wrangler, third wrangler, etc. Cf. Optime.
Wran"gler*ship, n. The honor or position of being a wrangler at the
University of Cambridge, England.
Wran"gle*some (?), a. Contentious; quarrelsome. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
{ Wran"nock (?), Wran"ny (?), } n. (Zoöl.) The common wren. [Prov.
Eng.]
Wrap (?), v. t. [A corrupt spelling of rap.] To snatch up; transport; —
chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.
Lo! where the stripling, wrapt in wonder, roves.
Beattie.
Wrap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrapped (?) or Wrapt; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wrapping.] [OE. wrappen, probably akin to E. warp. √144. Cf. Warp.]