\Wry\, v. t. [AS. wre['o]n.]
To cover. [Obs.]
      Wrie you in that mantle.                 --Chaucer.

\Wry\, a. [Compar. {Wrier}; superl. {Wriest}.] [Akin to OE.
wrien to twist, to bend, AS. wrigian to tend towards, to
drive.]
1. Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.
2. Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected;
   out of place; as, wry words.
         Not according to the wry rigor of our neighbors, who
         never take up an old idea without some extravagance
         in its application.                   --Landor.
3. Wrested; perverted.
         He . . . puts a wry sense upon Protestant writers.
                                               --Atterbury.
{Wry face}, a distortion of the countenance indicating
   impatience, disgust, or discomfort; a grimace.

\Wry\, v. i.
1. To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.
2. To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to
   turn side; to swerve.
         This Phebus gan awayward for to wryen. --Chaucer.
         How many Must murder wives much better than
         themselves For wrying but a little!   --Shak.

\Wry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wried}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Wrying}.] [OE. wrien. See {Wry}, a.]
To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex. --Sir P.
Sidney.
      Guests by hundreds, not one caring If the dear host's
      neck were wried.                         --R. Browning.