n. [ Bailie, bailiff + wick a village. ] (Law) The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. On the contrary; oppositely; on the other hand. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but contrariwise, blessing. 1 Pet. iii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In a contrary order; conversely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Everything that acts upon the fluids must, at the same time, act upon the solids, and contrariwise. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wearing a periwig.

adv. Indeed; truly. See Ywis. [ Written also iwys, iwisse, etc. ] [ Obs. ] Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n.; pl. Kivikivies (&unr_;), Kiwikiwies (Zool.) Any species of Apteryx, esp. Apteryx australis; -- so called in imitation of its notes. More commonly called kiwi. See Apteryx. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A commonly cultivated Old World woody herb (Vinca rosea) having large pinkish to red flowers.
Syn. -- periwinkle, rose periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, Cape periwinkle, red periwinkle, cayenne jasmine, Catharanthus roseus, Vinca rosea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Perwigged p. pr. & vb. n. Perwigging ] To dress with a periwig, or with false hair. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Wearing a peruke (a style of wig popular for men in the 17th and 18th centuries).
Syn. -- peruked. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ From AS. pinewincla a shellfish, in which pine- is fr. L. pina, pinna, a kind of mussel, akin to Gr. &unr_;. Cf. Winkle. ] (Zool.) Any small marine gastropod shell of the genus Littorina. The common European species (Littorina littorea), in Europe extensively used as food, has recently become naturalized abundantly on the American coast. See Littorina. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In America the name is often applied to several large univalves, as Fulgur carica, and Fulgur canaliculata. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. pervenke, AS. pervince, fr. L. pervinca. ] (Bot.) A trailing herb of the genus Vinca. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The common perwinkle (Vinca minor) has opposite evergreen leaves and solitary blue or white flowers in their axils. In America it is often miscalled myrtle. See under Myrtle. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ OE. polwigle. Cf. Poll head, and Wiggle. ] (Zool.) A tadpole; -- called also purwiggy and porwigle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The siscowet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Same as Sewen. [ 1913 Webster ]