(v. t.) An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars.
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Wrought
Definition:
() of Work
() imp. & p. p. of Work.
(a.) Worked; elaborated; not rough or crude.
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(1) The authors discuss factors affecting retention, the arguments for cast versus wrought posts, reinforcement of the tooth, and treatment planning.
(2) It is a microcosm of the region’s maladies and the trauma they have wrought on civilian lives – there are people here who have been wounded in sectarian bloodletting, shelling, airstrikes, occupation and crackdowns by dictators.
(3) In the regions concerned, there seems a craving for normality, to put back the clock on the destruction wrought by Isis.
(4) In the end, social cohesion is the glue that binds us together, and many ways I believe that we have faced the challenges in Australia that have been wrought by [extremist group Isis, also known as] Daesh much much better than other countries.
(5) While a US presidential visit would normally be expected to command the lion's share of attention in South Korea, the country remains preoccupied with the misery wrought by the sinking of the passenger ferry.
(6) Perhaps if any good can come from the kidnappings, it will be that Nigeria's leaders will be pressured into looking harder at what years of bad governance have wrought.
(7) A major conceptual shift in neuroscience has been wrought by the realization that brain function is modulated by numerous chemicals in addition to classical neurotransmitters.
(8) Manchester city council wrought all the public good it could from the investment, with the result that after a generation of blight and deprivation, Abu Dhabi money has financed a new school and leisure centre for community use.
(9) In the case of soldering electrically wrought wire clasps to metal structures such as rests and connectors, there is no fear of of overheating a wide area of wires.
(10) Patchy showers will continue throughout the weekend in some areas, she added, though in general conditions would be much drier than last weekend, when heavy rain and winds wrought havoc across south-west England and Wales.
(11) These materials could not be used in load-bearing applications because of the excessive grain growth and loss of the wrought structure of both the commercially pure Ti and Ti-6Al-4V substrates, and the loss of ductility in the cast Co-Cr-Mo alloy.
(12) Now he’s taking us there to see the destruction wrought by climate change.
(13) The drug war has been brutal, but those who live in white communities have little clue to the devastation wrought.
(14) This beachfront hotel goes for colonial arches (windows, doorways, corridors), carved wood and wrought iron in a big way; minimalists are advised to focus instead on the comfy, high-ceilinged rooms and abundant ocean views at a price rarely found on the beach.
(15) Such tragic disturbances of the normal order have wrought a heavy psychological toll.
(16) The Sierra Club, one of the groups which gave testimony in Monday's hearings, said in a statement: "We haven't even stopped the massive flow of oil yet, let alone begun to respond to the damage it has wrought.
(17) The purpose of this study is to examine the fatigue profiles of wrought wire clasps during the clinical use.
(18) In this paper, the electric resistance welding and soldering methods were applied to attach wrought wire components to a removable partial denture framework to resolve the problems of the torch soldering method.
(19) For his father, an avowed “leftist liberal”, Romanos is typical of a younger generation who, although middle-class and privileged, have been radicalised by growing up in a nation whose political establishment is blamed for the devastation wrought by its brush with bankruptcy.
(20) In effect, communities in older industrial Britain are being meted out punishment in the form of welfare cuts for the destruction wrought to their industrial base.” The report comes as Theresa May’s government is coming under increasing pressure to delay cuts in disability benefits announced by the former chancellor, George Osborne, as part of his now abandoned plan to put the public finances back into the black by the end of the parliament.