Definition of wring

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Wring (v. t.) To bend or strain out of its position; as, to wring a mast..

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Wring :: Wring (v. t.) Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture..
Wrung :: Wrung () imp. & p. p. of Wring.
Wringer :: Wringer (n.) One who, or that which, wrings; hence, an extortioner..
Wringed :: Wringed () of Wrin.
Wrong :: Wrong () imp. of Wring. Wrung.
Wringstaff :: Wringstaff (n.) A strong piece of plank used in applying wringbolts.
Wrain-bolt :: Wrain-bolt (n.) Same as Wringbolt.
Wringbolt :: Wringbolt (n.) A bolt used by shipwrights, to bend and secure the planks against the timbers till they are fastened by bolts, spikes, or treenails; -- not to be confounded with ringbolt..
Writhe :: Writhe (v. t.) To extort; to wring; to wrest.
Wringing :: Wringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wrin.
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..
Wringstaves :: Wringstaves (pl. ) of Wringstaf.
Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing..
Wringer :: Wringer (n.) A machine for pressing water out of anything, particularly from clothes after they have been washed..
Extort :: Extort (v. t.) To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt..
Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To extract or obtain by twisting and compressing; to squeeze or press (out); hence, to extort; to draw forth by violence, or against resistance or repugnance; -- usually with out or form..
Writhe :: Writhe (v. t.) To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring..
Wring :: Wring (n.) A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping..
Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance..
Wring :: Wring (v. i.) To writhe; to twist, as with anguish..
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