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• pull a wry face — ● wry …   Useful english dictionary

• wry — I. verb (wried; wrying) Etymology: Middle English wrien, from Old English wrigian to turn; akin to Middle High German rigel kerchief wound around the head, Greek rhiknos shriveled, Avestan urvisyeiti he turns Date: 14th century intransitive verb… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Scotch and Wry — was a Scottish comedy sketch show which was broadcast on BBC ONE Scotland and starred Rikki Fulton. After two series, in 1978 and 1979, the programme continued as a regular part of the channel s Hogmanay celebrations between 1980 and 1992.This… …   Wikipedia

• In Lebor Ogaim — fol. 170r of the Book of Ballymote, variants of ogham, nr. 43 (sluagogam) to nr. 77 (sigla). In Lebor Ogaim ( The Book of Ogams ), also known as the Ogam Tract, is an Old Irish treatise on the ogham alphabet. It is preserved in R.I.A. MS 23 P 12… …   Wikipedia

• fleswian — wv/t2 to whisper?, pull a wry face?; [or fléswian? to dissemble] …   Old to modern English dictionary

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• Veedon Fleece — Infobox Album | Name = Veedon Fleece Type = Album Artist = Van Morrison Released = October 1974 Recorded = November 1973, Spring 1974 at Caledonia Studios, California and Mercury Studios, New York Genre = Folk rock Length = 47:36 Label = Warner… …   Wikipedia

• Viz (comic) — Viz is a popular British adult comic magazine that has been running since 1979.The comic s style parodies the strait laced British comics of the post war period, notably The Beano and The Dandy , but with incongruous language, crude toilet humour …   Wikipedia