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Saw-set :: Saw-set (n.) An instrument used to set or turn the teeth of a saw a little sidewise, that they may make a kerf somewhat wider than the thickness of the blade, to prevent friction; -- called also saw-wrest..

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wresting :: Wresting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wres.

Ceroma :: Ceroma (n.) The unguent (a composition of oil and wax) with which wrestlers were anointed among the ancient Romans.

Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort.

Wrest :: Wrest (n.) Active or moving power.

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

Wrest :: Wrest (n.) A key to tune a stringed instrument of music.

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

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

Lock :: Lock (n.) A grapple in wrestling.

Detort :: Detort (v. t.) To turn form the original or plain meaning; to pervert; to wrest.

Turnwrest :: Turnwrest (n.) Designating a cumbersome style of plow used in England, esp. in Kent..

Turnwrest :: Turnwrest (n.) designating a kind of hillside plow.

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

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