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Wrist: Definition and part of speech

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Wrist

  1. n. A stud or pin which forms a journal; — also called wrist pin.
  2. n. The joint, or the region of the joint, between the hand and the arm; the carpus. See Carpus.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Wristlet: Definition and part of speech

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Wristlet

  1. n. An elastic band worn around the wrist, as for the purpose of securing the upper part of a glove.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Wrinkle: Definition and part of speech

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Wrinkle

  1. n. A notion or fancy; a whim; as, to have a new wrinkle.
  2. n. A winkle.
  3. n. A small ridge, prominence, or furrow formed by the shrinking or contraction of any smooth substance; a corrugation; a crease; a slight fold; as, wrinkle in the skin; a wrinkle in cloth.
  4. n. hence, any roughness; unevenness.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.