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Verb
wreathing
- present participle and gerund of wreath
- present participle and gerund of wreathe
Noun
wreathing (plural wreathings)
- The motion or pattern of something that wreaths.
1823, John Morison Duncan, Duncan's Travels, published 2007, page 256:To have demolished and rebuilt the walls, would have been a very costly expedient, and as the least of two evils, the painter's brush was resorted to; here and there however, above some of the windows, the black wreathings of the smoke are still discernible through the white covering.
Adjective
wreathing (comparative more wreathing, superlative most wreathing)
- Having a pattern that wreathes.
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