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

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

Saw-wrest :: Saw-wrest (n.) See Saw-set.

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

Wrestle :: Wrestle (n.) A struggle between two persons to see which will throw the other down; a bout at wrestling; a wrestling match; a struggle.

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

Xystus :: Xystus (n.) A long and open portico, for athletic exercises, as wrestling, running, etc., for use in winter or in stormy weather..

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

Writhe :: Writhe (v. t.) To wrest; to distort; to pervert.

Force :: Force (n.) To impel, drive, wrest, extort, get, etc., by main strength or violence; -- with a following adverb, as along, away, from, into, through, out, etc..

Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To distort; to pervert; to wrest.

Overwrest :: Overwrest (v. t.) To wrest or force from the natural or proper position.

Agonize :: Agonize (v. i.) To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.

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

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

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

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

Abstorted :: Abstorted (a.) Wrested away.

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..

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

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