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Webster 1913 Edition

Wright

Wright

,
Noun.
[OE.
wrighte
,
writhe
, AS.
wyrtha
, fr.
wyrcean
to work. √145. See
Work
.]
One who is engaged in a mechanical or manufacturing business; an artificer; a workman; a manufacturer; a mechanic; esp., a worker in wood; – now chiefly used in compounds, as in millwright, wheelwright, etc.
He was a well good
wright
, a carpenter.
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Wright

WRIGHT

,
Noun.
An artificer; one whose occupation is some kind of mechanical business; a workman; a manufacturer. This word is now chiefly used in compounds, as in shipwright, wheelwright.

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