Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as wry.
  • noun A wrinkle.

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  • noun obsolete deep wrinkle

Etymologies

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Alteration (due to wrinkle) of earlier rine "ditch, trench" from Middle English rune, rone from Old English ryne "a watercourse, flow" from rinnan "to run". More at run, runnel.

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