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Wreath
Wreath Wreath (?; 277), n.; pl. Wreaths. [OE. wrethe, AS. wr[=ae][eth] a twisted band, fr. wr[=i][eth]an to twist. See Writhe.] 1. Something twisted, intertwined, or curled; as, a wreath of smoke; a wreath of flowers. ``A wrethe of gold.' --Chaucer. [He] of his tortuous train Curled many a wanton wreath. --Milton. 2. A garland; a chaplet, esp. one given to a victor. Conquest doth grant He dear wreath to the Grecian combatant. --Chapman. Far back in the ages, The plow with wreaths was crowned. --Bryant. 3. (Her.) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest (see Illust. of Crest). It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the arms.

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- The wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus) is an Old World tropical bird of the hornbill family Bucerotidae, also called bar-pouched wreathed hornbill...
- receives a fourth Navy "E" award, a silver wreathed letter "E" replaces the three "E" devices on the ribbon. The wreathed "E" effectively "closes out" the award...
- (not rank, but post of TMPD. gold-wreathed gold emblem with three gold bars) Senior Commissioner (gold-wreathed gold emblem with three gold bars), formerly...
- door. As part of ancient funerary practice, the death were wreathed, funerary urns were wreathed, and wreaths were lain on and within tombs. Euripides's...
- In group theory, the wreath product is a special combination of two groups based on the semidirect product. It is formed by the action of one group on...
- The wreathed cactus snail (Xerarionta redimita) is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helminthoglyptidae...
- of a "crossed lances" pattern, wreathed by a half oak leaf circle. After 1934, the insignia was changed to a wreathed tri-foil oak leaf pattern similar...
- Laurel-wreathed head of Zeus on a gold stater, Lampsacus, c 360–340 BC (Cabinet des Médailles)....
- denomination, a half shekel. The bronze issue SNG Cop. 109-119, with a wreathed female head on the obverse and a horse standing in front of a palm on the...
- William II Canynges (d.1474), as depicted on his canopied tomb in St Mary Redcliffe Church, showing the couped heads of three Moors wreathed at the temples...