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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..

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..

Wrester :: Wrester (n.) One who wrests.

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

Palestra :: Palestra (n.) A wrestling; the exercise of wrestling.

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

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

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

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..

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

Wrest :: Wrest (v. t.) To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort.

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..

Scuffle :: Scuffle (n.) A rough, haphazard struggle, or trial of strength; a disorderly wrestling at close quarters..

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..

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..

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

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

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

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

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