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Wriggle
v. i.
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To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.
Wriggle
v. t.
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To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and squirming; like a worm.
Wriggle
a.
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Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible.
Wriggler
n.
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One who, or that which, wriggles.
Wright
n.
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One who is engaged in a mechanical or manufacturing business; an artificer; a workman; a manufacturer; a mechanic; esp., a worker in wood; -- now chiefly used in compounds, as in millwright, wheelwright, etc.
Wrightine
n.
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A rare alkaloid found in the bark of an East Indian apocynaceous tree (Wrightia antidysenterica), and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance. It was formerly used as a remedy for diarrh/a. Called also conessine, and neriine.
Wrung
imp. & p. p.
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of Wring
Wringed
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of Wring
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.