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periwig |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Periwig \Per"i*wig\, n. [OE. perrwige perwicke corrupt. fr F. perruque; cf OD peruyk from French. See {Peruke}, and cf {Wig}.] A headdress of false hair, usually covering the whole head, and representing the natural hair; a wig. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Periwig \Per"i*wig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perwigged}; p. pr & vb n. {Perwigging}.] To dress with a periwig, or with false hair. --Swift. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: periwig n : wig for men fashionable in 17th-l8th centuries [syn: {peruke}]
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