Noah Webster
Wreath
WREATH, noun [See Writhe.]
1. To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; as, to wreath a garland of flowers.
2. To interweave; to entwine; as chains of wreathed work.
3. To encircle, as a garland.
The flowrs that wreath the sparkling bowl.
4. To encircle as with a garland; to dress in a garland.
And with thy winding ivy wreaths her lance.
WREATH, verb intransitive To be interwoven or entwined; as a bower of wreathing trees.