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Definition of wrest
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Wrest (n.) A key to tune a
stringed
instrument
of
music.
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Pentathlon
::
Pentathlon
(n.) A
fivefold
athletic
performance
peculiar
to the great
national
games of the
Greeks,
including
leaping,
foot
racing,
wrestling,
throwing
the
discus,
and
throwing
the
spear..
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..
Saw-wrest
::
Saw-wrest
(n.) See
Saw-set.
Wresting
::
Wresting
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wres.
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..
Wring
::
Wring (v. t.) To
distort;
to
pervert;
to
wrest.
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..
Distortion
::
Distortion
(n.) A
wresting
from the true
meaning.
Wrestle
::
Wrestle
(v. t.) To
wrestle
with; to seek to throw down as in
wrestling.
Hug
::
Hug (n.) A close
embrace
or
clasping
with the arms, as in
affection
or 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..
Pull
::
Pull (n.) A
contest;
a
struggle;
as, a
wrestling
pull..
Ceroma
::
Ceroma
(n.) That part of the baths and
gymnasia
in which
bathers
and
wrestlers
anointed
themselves.
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..
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..
Torture
::
Torture
(v. t.) To wrest from the
proper
meaning;
to
distort.
Wrestler
::
Wrestler
(n.) One who
wrestles;
one who is
skillful
in
wrestling.
Catachrestical
::
Catachrestical
(a.)
Belonging
to, or in the
manner
of, a
catachresis;
wrested
from its
natural
sense or form;
forced;
far-fetched..
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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