All 3 Uses of
wrought
in
Gone with the Wind
- When she departed from her father's house forever, she had left a home whose lines were as beautiful and flowing as a woman's body, as a ship in full sail; a pale pink stucco house built in the French colonial style, set high from the ground in a dainty manner, approached by swirling stairs, banistered with wrought iron as delicate as lace; a dim, rich house, gracious but aloof.†
Chpt 1.3
- What about a white stucco with wrought-iron work like these Creole houses here?†
Chpt 5.48 *
- When Dr. Meade told her she was pregnant, she was astounded, for she had been expecting a diagnosis of biliousness and over-wrought nerves.†
Chpt 5.56
Definition:
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(wrought as in: wrought iron) worked -- as when iron is shaped to fit by bending or beating