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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..

Backfall :: Backfall (n.) A fall or throw on the back in wrestling.

Wrest :: Wrest (v. t.) To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting..

Trip :: Trip (v. t.) To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; -- often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling..

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

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..

Wrestle :: Wrestle (v. t.) To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully..

Tackle :: Tackle (n.) To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game..

Extort :: Extort (v. t.) To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt..

Ceroma :: Ceroma (n.) That part of the baths and gymnasia in which bathers and wrestlers anointed themselves.

Wrestle :: Wrestle (v. t.) Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend..

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..

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

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

Scuffle :: Scuffle (n.) A rough, haphazard struggle, or trial of strength; a disorderly wrestling at close quarters..

Catachrestical :: Catachrestical (a.) Belonging to, or in the manner of, a catachresis; wrested from its natural sense or form; forced; far-fetched..

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..

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

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

Wrest :: Wrest (n.) A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined..

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