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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..

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

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..

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

Wrastle :: Wrastle (v. i.) To wrestle.

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

Pull :: Pull (n.) A contest; a struggle; as, a wrestling pull..

Hug :: Hug (n.) A close embrace or clasping with the arms, as in affection or in wrestling..

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

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

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

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

Wrest :: Wrest (n.) A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined..

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

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

Wrestle :: Wrestle (v. t.) Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend..

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

Wrestled :: Wrestled (imp. & p. p.) of Wrestl.

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.

Wrestling :: Wrestling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wrestl.

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