wreath

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

WREATH, noun [See Writhe.] 1. To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; as, to wreath a garland of flowers. 2. To interweave; to entwine; as chains of wreathed work. 3. To encircle, as a garland. The flowrs that wreath the sparkling bowl. 4. To encircle as with a garland; to dress in a garland. And with thy winding ivy wreaths her lance. WREATH, verb intransitive To be interwoven or entwined; as a bower of wreathing trees.
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