Found 2 items, similar to Periwig.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: periwig
periwig
n : wig for men fashionable in 17th-18th centuries [syn:
peruke]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Periwig
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.
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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.
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