Christopher-wren
sir christopher, 1632–1723, english architect.
percival christopher, 1885–1941, english novelist.
contemporary examples
prince william is out of a job. what now? nico hines august 14, 2013
historical examples
the every day book of history and chronology joel munsell
holborn and bloomsbury sir walter besant
bell’s cathedrals: the cathedral church of lincoln a. f. kendrick
brief lives (vol. 2 of 2) john aubrey
the rivers of great britain: rivers of the east coast various
the quiver, annual volume 10/1899 various
bell’s cathedrals: the cathedral church of salisbury gleeson white
old and new london walter thornbury
england, picturesque and descriptive joel cook
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any small brown p-sserine songbird of the chiefly american family troglodytidae, esp troglodytes troglodytes (wren in britain, winter wren in the us and canada). they have a slender bill and feed on insects
any of various similar birds of the families muscicapidae (australian warblers), xenicidae (new zealand wrens), etc
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(history, informal) (in britain and certain other nations) a member of the former women’s royal naval service
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sir christopher. 1632–1723, english architect. he designed st paul’s cathedral and over 50 other london churches after the great fire as well as many secular buildings
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- Wrench
to twist suddenly and forcibly; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist: he wrenched the prisoner’s wrist. to overstrain or injure (the ankle, knee, etc.) by a sudden, violent twist: when she fell, she wrenched her ankle. to affect distressingly as if by a wrench. to wrest, as from the right use or meaning: […]
- Wrens
the women’s royal naval service: established in 1917 as an auxiliary to the royal navy. any of numerous small, active songbirds of the family troglodytidae, especially troglodytes troglodytes, of the northern hemisphere, having dark-brown plumage barred with black and a short, upright tail. compare house wren, marsh wren, rock wren, winter wren. any of various […]
- Wrest-pin
peg (def 5). historical examples scientific american supplement, no. 385, may 19, 1883 various noun (on a piano, harp, etc) a pin around which one end of a string is wound: it may be turned by means of a tuning key to alter the tension of the string. in a piano the wrest pin is […]
- Wrested
to twist or turn; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist. to take away by force: to wrest a knife from a child. to get by effort: to wrest a living from the soil. to twist or turn from the proper course, application, use, meaning, or the like; wrench. a wresting; twist or wrench. […]
- Wretch
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