Wroth - WROTH, a. Rauth. [See Wrath.] Very angry; much exasperated. Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. Gen 4. I was wroth with my people. Isa 47. [An excellent word and not obsolete.]
Wrought - WROUGHT, pret. and pp. of work. raut. 1. Worked; formed by work or labor; as wrought iron. 2. Effected; performed. She hath wrought a good work upon me. Mat 26. 3. Effected; produced. He wrought the public safety. A great change was wrought in his mind. This wrought the greatest confusion int he unbelieving Jews. 4. Used in labor. The elders of that city shall take a heifer that hath not been wrought with. Deu 21. 5. Worked; driven; as infection wrought out of the body. [Not used.] 6. Actuated. Vain Morat, by his own rashness wrought-- 7. Worked; used; labored in. The mine is still wrought. 8. Formed; fitted. He that hath wrought us for the self-same thing is God. 2 Cor 5. 9. Guided; managed. [Not used.] 10. Agitated; disturbed. My dull brain was wrought with things forgot. Wrought on or upon, influenced; prevailed on. His mind was wrought upon by divine grace. Wrought to or up to, excited; inflamed. Their minds were wrought up to a violent passion. She was wrought up to the tenderest emotion of pity.
x - X, the twenty fourth letter of the English Alphabet, is borrowed from the Greek. In the middle and at the end of words, it has the sound of ks, as in wax, lax, luxury. At the beginning of a word, it has precisely the sound of z. It is used as an initial, in a few words borrowed from the Greek. As a numeral, X stands for ten. It represents one V, which stands for five, placed on the top of another. When laid horizontally it stands for a thousand, and with a dash over it, it stands for ten thousand. As an abbreviation, X. Stands for Christ, and in Xn. Christian; Xm. Christmas.
Xerophagy - XEROPHAGY, n. [Gr., dry; to eat.] The eating of dry meats, a sort of fast among the primitive Christians.
Ye - YE, pron. The nominative plural of the second person, of which thou is the singular. But the two words have no radical connection. Ye is now used only in the sacred and solemn style. In common discourse and writing, you is exclusively used. But ye are washed, but ye are sanctified. 1 Cor 6.
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