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To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; -- said of the young of certain animals. Shak.

To report widely or honorably. The field where thou art famed To have wrought such wonders. Milton.

Anything brought from far, or brought about with studious care; a deep strategem. [Obs.] "Politic farfetches." Hudibras.

Brought from far, or from a remote place. Every remedy contained a multitude of farfetched and heterogeneous ingredients. Hawthorne.

es shape to anything. [R.] The fashioner had accomplished his task, and the dresses were brought home. Sir W. Scott.

in animals or plants, material prepared by the generative organs the female organism is brought in contact with matter from the organs of the male, so that a new organism results; impregnation; fertilization.

A cloth or stuff made of matted fibers of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving. It were a delicate stratagem to shoe A troop of horse with felt. Shak .

A stratagem by which a thing is indirectly brought to pass, or by which one thing seems intended and another is done; a trick; an artifice. Every little fetch of wit and criticism. South.

Like fibrinoplastin; capable of forming fibrin when brought in contact with fibrinogen.

Capable of being brought to a fixed form or shape. Lead is figurable, but water is not. Johnson.

A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article; a design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a pretty figure.

Conclusive; decisive; as, a final judgment; the battle of Waterloo brought the contest to a final issue.

Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful. The gain thereof [is better] than fine gold. Prov. iii. 14. A cup of wine that's brisk and fine. Shak. Not only the finest gentleman of his time, but one of the finest schola…

A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling.

registering machine; especially (Mech.) a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an object to effect, direct, or restrain a motion.

First brought forth; first in the order of nativity; eldest; hence, most excellent; most distinguished or exalted.

wheels, etc. from running off. -- Flange turning, the process of forming a flange on a wrought iron plate by bending and hammering it wh

tal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc.

thickness, and of rectangular section. See File. -- Flat nail, a small, sharp-pointed, wrought nail, with a flat, thin head, larger than a tack. Knight. -- Flat paper, paper which has not been folded. -- Flat rail, a railroad rail consisting of a simple flat bar spiked to a longitudinal sleeper. -- Flat rods (Mini…

A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, -- used for fishing. "The fur-wrought fly." Gay.