WRIT. Writing;
Writing; composition.

For the law of writ and the liberty, these are the only men. Hamlet, ii. 2.

TO WRITE.

To possess; to be entitled to; to call one's self; to adopt; to make use of.

I'd give bay curtal and his furniture,

My mouth no more were broken than these boys', And writ as little beard.

All's well that ends well, ii. 3.

I must tell thee, sirrah, I write man; to which title age cannot bring thee. Ibid. ii. 3. About it; and write happy when thou hast done. King Lear, v. 3. However they have writ the style of gods, And made a push at chance and sufferance. Much Ado about Nothing, v. 1.

Julius Cæsar, iii. 1.

TO WRONG. To disgrace; to bring shame upon; to deceive.

You wrong'd yourself to write in such a case.

Julius Caesar, iv. 3.
By my fidelity, this is not well, Master Ford;
this wrongs you. Merry Wives of Windsor, iv. 2.
Good sister, wrong me not, nor wrong yourself,
To make a bondmaid and a slave of me.

Taming of the Shrew, ii. 1.
That you may well perceive I have not wrong'd you,
One of the greatest in the Christian world
Shall be my surety. All's well that ends well, iv. 4.

Henry 6, P. 1, ii. 3.

WRONG. A wronger;
A wronger; shame; dishonour;
harm: detriment.

He should have found his uncle Gaunt a father,
To rouse his wrongs, and chase them to the bay.

Richard 2, ii. 3.

Winter's Tale, v. 3.

Give me your favour :-my dull brain was wrought
With things forgotten.
Macbeth, i. 3.

To WRY. To step aside; to swerve; to err.
You married ones,

If each of you should take this course, how many
Must murder wives much better than themselves
For wrying but a little!
Cymbeline, v. 1.

YARE. Ready; nimble; dexterous; handy; swift; light.

Cheerly, cheerly, my hearts! yare, yare!

Tempest, i. 1. I do desire to learn, sir: and I hope, if you have occasion to use me for your own turn, you shall find Measure for Measure, iv. 2.

me yare.

Y.

Yare, yare, good Iras; quick.-Methinks I hear
Antony call.
Antony and Cleopatra, v. 2.
Their ships are yare; yours heavy.

Ibid. iii. 7. Dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation. Twelfth-Night, iii. 4. And to proclaim it civilly, were like