1566. Stapleton, Ret. Untr. Jewel, IV. 62. To proue you wresters and wrethers of Gods holy worde.
157980. North, Plutarch (1595), 5. Pityocamtes, that is to say, a wreather or bower of pine apple trees.
1648. Hexham, II. Een Wrijter, an Extorter, a Wreather, or a Wrester.
1817. Keats, Sleep & Poetry, 14. Sleep, Soft closer of our eyes! Wreather of poppy buds, and weeping willows!