Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wry \Wry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wried}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Wrying}.] [OE. wrien. See {Wry}, a.]
   To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex. --Sir P.
   Sidney.

         Guests by hundreds, not one caring If the dear host's
         neck were wried.                         --R. Browning.