[f. WREATHE v. + -ER1.] One who or that which wreathes, twists or twines. Also transf.

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1566.  Stapleton, Ret. Untr. Jewel, IV. 62. To proue you wresters and wrethers of Gods holy worde.

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1579–80.  North, Plutarch (1595), 5. Pityocamtes, that is to say, a wreather or bower of pine apple trees.

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1648.  Hexham, II. Een Wrijter, an Extorter, a Wreather, or a Wrester.

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1817.  Keats, Sleep & Poetry, 14. Sleep,… Soft closer of our eyes!… Wreather of poppy buds, and weeping willows!

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