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writhen, ppl. a.|ˈrɪð(ə)n|
Also 4 writhun, 6 -yne, 4– wrythen.
[pa. pple. of writhe v.1 Cf. wreathen ppl. a.]
1. Subjected to writhing, twisting, or turning; twisted out of regular shape or form; contorted; † also, closed, clenched (quot. 1377).
a. Of things.
13..K. Alis. 5723 (Laud MS.), A griselich best..; Teeþ he had so wreþen wriþen. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xvii. 174 Þe wrythen fuste, or the werkmanschip of fyngres. 1483in Arnold's Chron. (1811) 116 Item a peir of coral beedis, the gawdies gilt wrythen. 1520in Archaeologia LIII. 14 One playn paten chased yn the foote wt a wrythen knope. 1564W. Bullein Dial. agst. Pest. 44 b, A writhen arme of the tree. 1597Bp. Hall Sat. iv. iv. 33 Some smoked beeve, Hang'd on a writhen wythe. 1611Cotgr., Grugeons, the..most writhen fruit on a tree. 1668Culpepper & Cole Barthol. Anat. i. xx. 53 In Men this Neck is more long-round, narrow, and a little writhen. 1689Moyle Sea Chyrurg. ii. xiii. 61 The Muscles bruised and writhen. 1725Pope Odyss. viii. 506 Dread Jove (whose arm in vengeance forms The writhen bolt). 1747Hooson Miner's Dict. U j b, Curl'd Stone..has..writhen Lumps in it. 1850Allingham Poems, Music-master ii. xv, The writhen elder spreads its creamy bloom. 1865Swinburne Poems & Ball., At Eleusis 72 That lame wisdom that has writhen feet.
fig.1894Stevenson & L. Osbourne Ebb Tide ii, ‘I'll give my father up,’ returned Herrick, with a writhen smile.
b. Of persons, their features, etc.
1579–80North Plutarch (1595) 1111 A bauld writhen man. 1598Hakluyt Voy. I. 21 Their countenances [were] writhen and terrible. 1635R. Johnson Hist. Tom a Lincolne ii. iii. (1682) G 3 b, Her cheeks..now appeared old and writhen. 1708J. Philips Cyder i. 447 'Till, with a writhen Mouth,..He tastes the bitter Morsel. 1825Scott Talism. xiv, My choice were rather..that my writhen features should blacken..in this evening's setting sun. 1888Henley Bk. Verses 23 Her lip was gray and writhen.
c. spec. Of antique glass or silver: having spirally twisted ornamentation.
1919M. Percival Glass Collector viii. 115 The..writhen glasses of funnel shapes are survivors of the old Venetian tradition. 1935Burlington Mag. Oct. 150/1 Light vertical flutings, matching the bowl and wrythen in delivery. 1960Times 9 Feb. 20/7 A Henry VIII spoon with writhen finial. 1970Canad. Antiques Collector Oct. 17 The jugs and bowls are decorated with writhen ornament. 1981Times 31 Oct. 8/6 An Edward IV wrythen-knop spoon made in London about 1463.
2. Combined or made by, subjected to, twining or plaiting; intertwined, entwined, or plaited. Cf. wreathen ppl. a. 2.
a900Cynewulf Elene 24 Garas lixtan, wriðene wælhlencan; wordum & bordum hofon herecombol. 1382Wyclif 1 Tim. ii. 9 Wymmen..ournynge hem silf, not in writhun heeris, ethir in gold,..but [etc.]. 1388― Ecclus. xlv. 12 Writhun reed threed. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode i. v. (1869) 3 A corde wel wrythen, þat bi places was knet. 1523Fitzherb. Husb. §31 Pees and beanes..set..thre sheues together, the toppes vpwarde, and wrythen together. 1535Coverdale Exod. xxxix. 15 Wrythen cheynes of pure golde. 1585Higins Junius' Nomencl. 113/2 Corona pactilis,..a writhen garland. 1609Holland Amm. Marcell. 221 Many cords of wrythen and twisted sinewes. 1671J. Webster Metallogr. xiii. 212 A capillary or hairy piece..crisped and writhen together. 1733T. Gent Hist. Rippon 57 They built an House..with Wrythen Wands or Boughs. 1876Whitby Gloss. 224 Wrythen, pp...; intertwined.
3. Disposed or arranged in coils, folds, or windings; formed or fashioned by or as by coiling, convolution, etc.
Cf. the earlier forwrithen ppl. a. (for- prefix1 8).
c1542Test. Ebor. (Surtees) VI. 172 A writhyne rynge of golde. 1559Morwyng Evonym. 77 Destilled in serpentins, or writhen, or crouked vessels. 1585Higins Junius' Nomencl. 263/2 Linamentum tortile,..a rolled or writhen tent. a1608Dee Relat. Spir. i. (1659) 115 A Serpent..leaned upon her twice writhen taile. 1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1621) 961 The wrythen rolls of the turbant. 1693Dryden Ovid's Met. i. 454 His writhen Shell he takes. 1868Morris Earthly Par. I. 258 [Full] of intertwining writhen snakes.
†4. fig. Wrested; perverted; deflected. Obs.
1551Robinson tr. More's Utopia i. (1895) 91 A wrythen and wrested vnderstandynge of the same. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. xiii. 31 b, To fense themselues againste the crooked writhen suttleties with plaine and simple truthe.
5. Comb., as writhen-faced, writhen-formed.
1594Nashe Unfort. Trav. L 4 b, A wearish dwarfish writhen facde cobler. c1861J. T. Staton Rays fro' Loominary 115 A thing that's writhen-formt.
Hence ˈwrithenness rare—0; ˈwrythening vbl. n. (see quot. 1960).
1727Bailey, Tortness,..writhenness, wrinkledness. 1960H. Hayward Antique Coll. 313/2 Wrythening, diagonally twisted or swirled ribbing or fluting on the bowl or stem of a glass vessel. 1967S. Crompton Eng. Glass ii. 209 (caption) Jug in bottle-green glass with white wrythening. |