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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 839 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WREATH (O. Eng. wry, from wriian, to twist)  , a
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band of leaves,
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flowers or
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metal,
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twisted into a circular
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form, and used either as a chaplet or diadem for the
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head or as an
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ornament to be hung upon or
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round an
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object . For the
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ancient usages of crowning victors in the
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games with wreaths, and the bestowal of them as marks of
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honour see
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CROWN and CORONET .

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