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writhen
[ rith-uhn ]
adjective
Archaic.
- twisted.
writhen
/ ˈɪðə /
verb
- a past participle of writhe
adjective
- twisted; distorted
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They lit a fire in a hollow, down among the roots of a spreading hawthorn, tall as a tree, writhen with age, but hale in every limb.
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Each grain of writhen dust, that drapes That sickly, staring shore, Its old chaotic change of shapes Remembers evermore.
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Methought his detestable features at length enlarged, moved, and were writhen in mockery and scorn.
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Chester Kent stooped over the writhen face, again peering close.
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But it seemed as though by a fire within Her writhen limbs were wrung; And as soon as the King was close to her, She stood up gaunt and strong.
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