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Wringing
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Wring
Wring
v. t.
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To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing.
Wring
v. t.
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Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.
Wring
v. t.
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To distort; to pervert; to wrest.
Wring
v. t.
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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.
Wring
v. t.
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To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance.
Wring
v. t.
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To bend or strain out of its position; as, to wring a mast.
Wring
v. i.
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To writhe; to twist, as with anguish.
Wring
n.
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A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping.
Wringbolt
n.
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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.
Wringer
n.
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One who, or that which, wrings; hence, an extortioner.
Wringer
n.
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A machine for pressing water out of anything, particularly from clothes after they have been washed.
Wringing
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a. & n. from Wring, v.
Wringstaves
pl.
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of Wringstaff
Wringstaff
n.
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A strong piece of plank used in applying wringbolts.
Wrinkle
n.
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A winkle.
Wrinkle
n.
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A small ridge, prominence, or furrow formed by the shrinking or contraction of any smooth substance; a corrugation; a crease; a slight fold; as, wrinkle in the skin; a wrinkle in cloth.
Wrinkle
n.
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hence, any roughness; unevenness.
Wrinkle
n.
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A notion or fancy; a whim; as, to have a new wrinkle.
Wrinkled
imp. & p. p.
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of Wrinkle
Wrinkling
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Wrinkle
Wrinkle
v. t.
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To contract into furrows and prominences; to make a wrinkle or wrinkles in; to corrugate; as, wrinkle the skin or the brow.
Wrinkle
v. t.
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Hence, to make rough or uneven in any way.
Wrinkle
v. i.
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To shrink into furrows and ridges.
Wrinkly
a.
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Full of wrinkles; having a tendency to be wrinkled; corrugated; puckered.
Wrist
n.
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The joint, or the region of the joint, between the hand and the arm; the carpus. See Carpus.
Wrist
n.
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A stud or pin which forms a journal; -- also called wrist pin.
Wristband
n.
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The band of the sleeve of a shirt, or other garment, which covers the wrist.
Wrister
n.
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A covering for the wrist.
Wristlet
n.
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An elastic band worn around the wrist, as for the purpose of securing the upper part of a glove.