A keen north wind that, blowing dry, Wrinkled the face of deluge, as
decayed.
Milton.
Then danced we on the wrinkled sand.
Bryant.
To wrinkle at, to sneer at. [Obs.] Marston.
Wrin"kle, v. i. To shrink into furrows and ridges.
Wrin"kly (?), a. Full of wrinkles; having a tendency to be wrinkled;
corrugated; puckered. G. Eliot.
His old wrinkly face grew quite blown out at last.
Carlyle.
Wrist (?), n. [OE. wriste, wrist, AS. wrist; akin to OFries. wriust,
LG. wrist, G. rist wrist, instep, Icel. rist instep, Dan. & Sw. vrist,
and perhaps to E. writhe.]
1. (Anat.) The joint, or the region of the joint, between the hand and
the arm; the carpus. See Carpus.
He took me by the wrist, and held me hard.
Shak.
2. (Mach.) A stud or pin which forms a journal; — also called wrist
pin.
Bridle wrist, the wrist of the left hand, in which a horseman holds the
bridle. — Wrist clonus. [NL. clonus, fr. Gr. &?;. See Clonic.] (Med.) A
series of quickly alternating movements of flexion and extension of the
wrist, produced in some cases of nervous disease by suddenly bending
the hand back upon the forearm. — Wrist drop (Med.), paralysis of the
extensor muscles of the hand, affecting the hand so that when an
attempt is made to hold it out in line with the forearm with the palm
down, the hand drops. It is chiefly due to plumbism. Called also hand
drop. — Wrist plate (Steam Engine), a swinging plate bearing two or
more wrists, for operating the valves.
Wrist"band (?), n. The band of the sleeve of a shirt, or other garment,
which covers the wrist.
Wrist"er (?), n. A covering for the wrist.
Wrist"let (?), n. An elastic band worn around the wrist, as for the
purpose of securing the upper part of a glove.
Writ (?), obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Write, for writeth. Chaucer.
Writ, archaic imp. & p. p. of Write. Dryden.