wrenchern.
/ˈrɛn(t)ʃə/ 1. A machine or instrument for wrenching or wringing. rare.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for altering dimensions > [noun] > others
wrencher1495
syringe1659
stock1737
agglomerator1890
society > occupation and work > equipment > screwdrivers, wrenches, spanners > [noun] > spanner or wrench
turn-bolt1596
wrenching-iron1597
key1659
screw key1742
spanner1790
screw wrench1791
wrench1794
screw spanner1831
wrencher1832
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xix. l. 892 Sourysshe thynges..bere downe the meete as it were a pressour other a wrencher [MSS wrynge].
1832 S. Warren Passages from Diary of Late Physician I. 380 Before proceeding to use our screws, or wrenchers, we once more looked and listened.
2. One who or that which wrenches or twists. Also figurative.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [noun] > one who writhes
wrencher1847
writher1864
coiler1884
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [noun] > one who writhes > one who twists violently
wrester1504
wrencher1847
1847 in Home Life Sir D. Brewster (1869) 190 [Thou wert] The pillar of thine own beloved fane; The wrencher of its chill and crushing chain.
1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xvii. 415 The wrencher of a civil institution to his own individual aggrandisement.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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