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Grapple :: Grapple (v. t.) A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold.

Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To throw down, as in wrestling..

Distortion :: Distortion (n.) A wresting from the true meaning.

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

Palestra :: Palestra (n.) A wrestling; the exercise of wrestling.

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

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

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..

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

Palestrical :: Palestrical (a.) Of or pertaining to the palestra, or to wrestling..

Wrest :: Wrest (n.) The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion..

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

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

Wrestler :: Wrestler (n.) One who wrestles; one who is skillful in wrestling.

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..

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

Wrester :: Wrester (n.) One who wrests.

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..

Writhe :: Writhe (v. t.) To extort; to wring; to wrest.

Exact :: Exact (a.) To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as a right; to enforce the payment of, or a yielding of; to compel to yield or to furnish; hence, to wrest, as a fee or reward when none is due; -- followed by from or of before the one subjected to exaction; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience, etc., from or of some one..

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