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Did you Misspell it? Wring v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrung Obs. Wringed p. pr. & vb. n. Wringing.] [OE. wringen, AS. wringan; akin to LG. & D. wringen, OHG. ringan to struggle, G. ringen, Sw. vrnga to distort, Dan. vringle to twist. Cf. Wrangle, Wrench, Wrong.] 1. To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing. ½Earnestly wringing Waverley's hand.¸ Sir W. Scott. ½Wring him by the nose.¸ Shak. [His steed] so sweat that men might him wring.Chaucer. The king began to find where his shoe did wring him.Bacon. The priest shall bring it [a dove] unto the altar, and wring off his head.Lev. i. 15. 2. Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture. Too much grieved and wrung by an uneasy and strait fortune.Clarendon. Didst thou taste but half the griefsAddison. 3. To distort; to pervert; to wrest. How dare men thus wring the Scriptures?Whitgift. 4. 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. Your overkindness doth wring tears from me.Shak. He rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece.Judg. vi. 38. 5. To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance. To wring the widow from her 'customed right.Shak. The merchant adventures have been often wronged and wringed to the quick.Hayward. 6. (Naut.) To bend or strain out of its position; as, to wring a mast. Wring , v. i. To writhe; to twist, as with anguish. 'T is all men's office to speak patienceShak. Look where the sister of the king of FranceMarlowe. Wring , n. A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. |
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