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Distort :: Distort (v. t.) To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning..

Pull :: Pull (n.) A contest; a struggle; as, a wrestling pull..

Wry :: Wry (a.) To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.

Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To distort; to pervert; to wrest.

Outwrest :: Outwrest (v. t.) To extort; to draw from or forth by violence.

Wrestle :: Wrestle (v. t.) To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling.

Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist..

Down :: Down (v. t.) To cause to go down; to make descend; to put down; to overthrow, as in wrestling; hence, to subdue; to bring down..

Wry :: Wry (superl.) Wrested; perverted.

Overwrestle :: Overwrestle (v. t.) To subdue by wrestling.

Scuffle :: Scuffle (v. i.) To strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion.

Wrestling :: Wrestling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wrestl.

Trip :: Trip (n.) A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing..

Contort :: Contort (v. t.) To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest..

Conistra :: Conistra (n.) Originally, a part of the palestra, or gymnasium among the Greeks; either the place where sand was stored for use in sprinkling the wrestlers, or the wrestling ground itself. Hence, a part of the orchestra of the Greek theater..

Palestra :: Palestra (n.) A wrestling school; hence, a gymnasium, or place for athletic exercise in general..

Wrest :: Wrest (v. t.) To tune with a wrest, or key..

Wrastle :: Wrastle (v. i.) To wrestle.

Wrench :: Wrench (n.) To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence..

Gymnastical :: Gymnastical (a.) Pertaining to athletic exercises intended for health, defense, or diversion; -- said of games or exercises, as running, leaping, wrestling, throwing the discus, the javelin, etc.; also, pertaining to disciplinary exercises for the intellect; athletic; as, gymnastic exercises, contests, etc..

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