Wrens

[ renz ]

/ rɛnz /

the Women's Royal Naval Service: established in 1917 as an auxiliary to the Royal Navy.

QUIZZES

Even if you can't be a professional chef, you can at least talk like one with this vocabulary quiz.

Question 1 of 9

You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

Pronounced form of the initial letters, with placement of vowel suggested by wren

Wrens are lively little birds, excitable and afraid of nothing.
The Children's Book of Birds|Olive Thorne Miller
The cowbird had probably been surprised in the act of violating the nest, and the wrens were giving her a piece of their minds.
Bird Stories from Burroughs|John Burroughs
The house shown in Fig. 51 is suitable for these birds but is also acceptable to wrens.
Bird Houses Boys Can Build|Albert F. Siepert
Prizes may be awarded for the best houses made for the more common birds, such as wrens, bluebirds, and martins.
Bird Houses Boys Can Build|Albert F. Siepert

We were in muster giants, with great armed bodies; but in action babes with wrens' hearts.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. VIII.|Robert Kerr