He . . . puts a wry sense upon Protestant writers.
Atterbury.
Wry face, a distortion of the countenance indicating impatience,
disgust, or discomfort; a grimace.
Wry, v. i. 1. To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.
2. To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side;
to swerve.
This Phebus gan awayward for to wryen.
Chaucer.
How many Must murder wives much better than themselves For wrying but a
little!
Shak.
Wry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wried; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrying.] [OE. wrien.
See Wry, a.] To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex. Sir P.
Sidney.
Guests by hundreds, not one caring If the dear host's neck were wried.
R. Browning.
Wry"bill` (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Crookbill.
Wry"mouth` (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of large,
elongated, marine fishes of the genus Cryptacanthodes, especially C.
maculatus of the American coast. A whitish variety is called ghostfish.