[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wreath \wreath\ ?; 277, n.; pl. wreaths. oe. wrethe, as.
   wr=aeeth a twisted band, fr. wrimacethan to twist.
   see writhe.
   1913 webster
   1. something twisted, intertwined, or curled; as, a wreath of
      smoke; a wreath of flowers. "a wrethe of gold." --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            he of his tortuous train
            curled many a wanton wreath.          --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. a garland; a chaplet, esp. one given to a victor.
      1913 webster

            conquest doth grant
            he dear wreath to the grecian combatant. --chapman.
      1913 webster

            far back in the ages,
            the plow with wreaths was crowned.    --bryant.
      1913 webster

   3. her. an appendage to the shield, placed above it, and
      supporting the crest see illust. of crest. it
      generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one
      tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the
      principal color in the arms.
      1913 webster
see also:
wreaths writhe crest 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wreathe \wreathe\, v. t. imp. wreathed; p. p. wreathed;
   archaic wreathen; p. pr.  vb. n. wreathing. see
   wreath, n. written also wreath.
   1913 webster
   1. to cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn.
      obs.
      1913 webster

            and from so heavy sight his head did wreathe.
                                                  --spenser.
      1913 webster

   2. to twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to
      entwine.
      1913 webster

            the nods and smiles of recognition into which this
            singular physiognomy was wreathed.    --sir w.
                                                  scott.
      1913 webster

            from his slack hand the garland wreathed for eve
            down dropped.                         --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. to surround with anything twisted or convolved; to
      encircle; to infold.
      1913 webster

            each wreathed in the other's arms.    --shak.
      1913 webster

            dusk faces with withe silken turbants wreathed.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

            and with thy winding ivy wreathes her lance.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   4. to twine or twist about; to surround; to encircle.
      1913 webster

            in the flowers that wreathe the sparkling bowl,
            fell adders hiss.                     --prior.
      1913 webster
see also:
wreathed wreathen wreathing wreath wreath 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

wreath
     n : flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage
         or flowers for ornamental purposes syn: garland, coronal,
          chaplet, lei
     v : encircle with or as if with a wreath; "her face was wreathed
         with blossoms" syn: wreathe
see also:
garland coronal chaplet lei wreathe 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

163 moby thesaurus words for "wreath":
   o, old mug, achievement, alerion, animal charge, annular muscle,
   annulet, annulus, areola, argent, armorial bearings, armory, arms,
   aureole, azure, bandeau, bar, bar sinister, baton, bays, bearings,
   bend, bend sinister, billet, blazon, blazonry, bordure, boughpot,
   bouquet, boutonniere, braid, broad arrow, buttonhole, cadency mark,
   canton, chaplet, charge, chevron, chief, circle, circuit,
   circumference, circus, civic crown, closed circle, coat of arms,
   cockatrice, corona, coronal, coronet, corsage, crescent, crest,
   cross, cross moline, crown, cup, cycle, device, diadem, difference,
   differencing, discus, disk, eagle, ermine, ermines, erminites,
   erminois, escutcheon, eternal return, fairy ring, falcon, fess,
   fess point, festoon, field, file, flanch, fleur-de-lis,
   flower arrangement, fret, fur, fusil, garland, glory, griffin,
   gules, gyron, halo, hatchment, helmet, heraldic device,
   honor point, impalement, impaling, inescutcheon, label, lasso,
   laurel, laurels, lei, lion, logical circle, loop, looplet,
   loving cup, lozenge, magic circle, mantling, marshaling, martlet,
   mascle, metal, motto, mullet, nombril point, noose, nosegay,
   octofoil, or, orbit, ordinary, orle, pale, palm, palms, paly, pean,
   pheon, plait, posy, pot, purpure, quarter, quartering, radius,
   ring, rondelle, rose, round, roundel, sable, saltire, saucer,
   scutcheon, shield, sphincter, spray, spread eagle, subordinary,
   tenne, tincture, torse, tressure, trophy, unicorn, vair, vert,
   vicious circle, wheel, wreathwork, yale

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