Wreath

Definitions

1. Something twisted, intertwined, or curled.
2. An ornamental circular band made, for example, of plaited flowers and leaves, and used as decoration; a garland or chaplet, especially one given to a victor.
3. A defect in glass.
4. An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest; an orle, a torse. It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the coat of arms.

Equivalents

Examples

“a wreath of smoke⟳    a wreath of clouds”

“The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay⟳ beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.”

“So, after a spell⟳, he decided to make⟳ the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort⟳ of place⟳, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land⟳ knows what all.”

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