— wreather , n.
/reedh/ , v. , wreathed; wreathed or ( Archaic ) wreathen; wreathing .
v.t.
1. to encircle or adorn with or as with a wreath.
2. to form as a wreath by twisting or twining.
3. to surround in curving or curling masses or form.
4. to envelop: a face wreathed in smiles.
v.i.
5. to take the form of a wreath or wreaths.
6. to move in curving or curling masses, as smoke.
[ 1520-30; earlier wrethe, partly v. use of WREATH, partly back formation from wrethen, obs. ptp. of WRITHE ]