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- Wrey \Wrey\, v. t. See {Wray}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
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wrey — etc., varr. wray v.1 Obs.; obs. f. wry v.2 … Useful english dictionary
WREY — Infobox Radio station name = WREY city = Hudson, Wisconsin area = Minneapolis St. Paul branding = slogan = Radio Rey airdate = 1951 frequency = 630 kHz format = Regional Mexican power = 1,000 watts day 2,500 watts night erp = haat = class = B… … Wikipedia
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Wrey Gardiner — Charles Wrey Gardiner (1901 ndash; 1981) was an English writer and poet, editor and publisher, born in Plymouth.Gardiner was a noted and well connected literary figure, particularly in London in the years around World War II, though very much in… … Wikipedia
wrey — v. a. == accuse. Pol. S. 198, 199; part. ‘wreynt.’ Pol. S. 157. AS. wregan … Oldest English Words
Sir Bourchier Wrey, 6th Baronet — (c. 1715 13 April, 1784) was a British politician.Of Tawstock Court, North Devon, Wrey was the son of Sir Bourchier Wrey, 5th Baronet and his wife Diana, daughter of John Rolle of Stevenstone. He was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford … Wikipedia
Jacob Wrey Mould — (1825 1886) was an architect, illustrator, linguist and musician, noted for his many contributions to the design and construction of New York City s Central Park. Born in Chislehurst, Kent, in 1825, Mould graduated from King s College London, in… … Wikipedia
Bourchier Wrey Savile — (11 March1817 ndash;14 April1888) was a Church of England clergyman and theological writer.BiographySavile, second son of Albany Savile, M.P. for Okehampton, who died in 1831, by Eleanora Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Bourchier Wrey, 7th Baronet,… … Wikipedia
Sir Robert Bourchier Sherard Wrey, 11th Baronet — He was born in 1855, the son of Sir Henry Bourchier Toke Wrey, 10th Baronet. He served in the Royal Navy, seeing action in the 1882 Anglo Egyptian War and with the Naval Brigade landed in the Third Anglo Burmese War. He retired from the service… … Wikipedia
