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Wrap v. t. To snatch up; transport; chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt. "Lo! where the stripling, wrapt in wonder, roves."

Wrap v. t. (past & past part. wrapped or wrapt; pres. part. wrapping)

To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds. "Then cometh Simon Peter,... and seeth... the napkin that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself." "Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams."

To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to involve; to infold; often with up. "I... wrapt in mist Of midnight vapor, glide obscure."

To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by. "Wise poets that wrap truth in tales."

To be wrapped up in, to be wholly engrossed in; to be entirely dependent on; to be covered with. "Leontine's young wife, in whom all his happiness was wrapped up, died in a few days after the death of her daughter." "Things reflected on in gross and transiently... are thought to be wrapped up in impenetrable obscurity."

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"Wrapping" Quotes from Famous Books

... These drains are of wood, asphaltum coated, with an inside diameter ranging from 3 to 6 in., and at the proper grades to secure free discharge. These wooden drain-pipes are made in short lengths, strengthened by a spiral wrapping of metal bands, and are tested to a pressure of 40 lb. per sq. in. Angles are turned and branches connected in 4- ...

— Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 • Herbert M. Wilson

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... midnight dreary Coming home I felt so weary, Felt, oh! many a pain; so curious, Which I'd never felt before. Then to bed,—no chance of napping, Blankets, rugs about me wrapping, Feverish burning pains galore. "Oh! I've got it! oh!" I muttered, "Influenza!! what a bore!!" ...

— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 102, February 6, 1892 • Various

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... as before stated, were made of the heavy white blankets of the Hudson Bay Company. These blankets are very warm and firm, as they are especially made for that cold country. The caps and mittens were of the finest fur. Their moccasins were extra large, to allow for the additional wrapping of duffel required over the warm woollen hose. They also had warm leggings of strouds, beautifully fringed and fastened with strong garters artistically worked with porcupine quills. A warm, well- lined hood or capote was attached to each overcoat. This the ...

— Winter Adventures of Three Boys • Egerton R. Young

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... to bring the zephyr of outside knowledge to play on the arid routine of our schoolroom. One day he brought a paper parcel out of his pocket and said: "I'll show you to-day a wonderful piece of work of the Creator." With this he untied the paper wrapping and, producing a portion of the vocal organs of a human being, proceeded to expound the marvels of ...

— My Reminiscences • Rabindranath Tagore

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... of the lads, cut off his shoes, tore off his jacket, and then, loosening his own garments to the skin, placed the cold child in contact with his own warm body, carefully wrapping his overcoat around him. I did the same with the other child, and we then returned to ...

— Sanders' Union Fourth Reader • Charles W. Sanders

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