A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Wrying, vbl. n. [e.m.E. wrieng (1580), wrying (a1586).] The action of a. Twisting or turning a thing. (Wry(e v. 1.) b. Twisting or misinterpreting meaning. (Wry(e v. 3 b.) —a. 1531 Bell. Boece II 227.
Als sone as ony man maid him to throw this apill out of the hand of the image, the wrying of the samin drew all the tituppis of the crosbowis up … and schot at him that threw the apill —b. 1562-3 Winȝet I 20/1 (see Wre(i)sting vbl. n. 2). a1599 Rollock Wks. II 295.
We must not think … that this is any wrying and wresting of the Old Scripture by the own sense
