n. [ Cart + wright. ] An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A builder of houses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mechanic whose occupation is to build mills, or to set up their machinery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A maker or adapter of plays. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. One who makes or repairs plows. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One whose occupation is to construct ships; a builder of ships or other vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes wagons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Wagonwright. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A man whose occupation is to make or repair wheels and wheeled vehicles, as carts, wagons, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. wrighte, writhe, AS. wyrtha, fr. wyrcean to work. √145. See Work. ] One who is engaged in a mechanical or manufacturing business; an artificer; a workman; a manufacturer; a mechanic; esp., a worker in wood; -- now chiefly used in compounds, as in millwright, wheelwright, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was a well good wright, a carpenter. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A rare alkaloid found in the bark of an East Indian apocynaceous tree (Wrightia antidysenterica), and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance. It was formerly used as a remedy for diarrhœa. Called also conessine, and neriine. [ 1913 Webster ]