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Definition of wrest
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Wrest (n.)
Active
or
moving
power.
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Distortion
::
Distortion
(n.) A
wresting
from the true
meaning.
Backfall
::
Backfall
(n.) A fall or throw on the back in
wrestling.
Distort
::
Distort
(v. t.) To wrest from the true
meaning;
to
pervert;
as, to
distort
passages
of
Scripture,
or their
meaning..
Wrestled
::
Wrestled
(imp. & p. p.) of
Wrestl.
Catachresis
::
Catachresis
(n.) A
figure
by which one word is
wrongly
put for
another,
or by which a word is
wrested
from its true
signification;
as, To take arms
against
a sea of
troubles.
Shak. Her voice was but the
shadow
of a
sound.
Young..
Detort
::
Detort
(v. t.) To turn form the
original
or plain
meaning;
to
pervert;
to
wrest.
Contort
::
Contort
(v. t.) To
twist,
or twist
together;
to turn awry; to bend; to
distort;
to
wrest..
Wry
::
Wry
(superl.)
Wrested;
perverted.
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..
Extortion
::
Extortion
(n.) The act of
extorting;
the act or
practice
of
wresting
anything
from a
person
by
force,
by
threats,
or by any undue
exercise
of
power;
undue
exaction;
overcharge..
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..
Wrest
::
Wrest (n.) A key to tune a
stringed
instrument
of
music.
Abstorted
::
Abstorted
(a.)
Wrested
away.
Turnwrest
::
Turnwrest
(n.)
designating
a kind of
hillside
plow.
Writhe
::
Writhe
(v. t.) To
extort;
to
wring;
to
wrest.
Trip
::
Trip (n.) A
stroke,
or
catch,
by which a
wrestler
causes
his
antagonist
to lose
footing..
Wrestler
::
Wrestler
(n.) One who
wrestles;
one who is
skillful
in
wrestling.
Wring
::
Wring (v. t.) To
distort;
to
pervert;
to
wrest.
Grapple
::
Grapple
(v. t.) A
seizing
or
seizure;
close hug in
contest;
the
wrestler's
hold.
Palestra
::
Palestra
(n.) A
wrestling
school;
hence,
a
gymnasium,
or place for
athletic
exercise
in
general..
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