wrestern.

/ˈrɛstə/

Etymology: < wrest v. + -er suffix¹.

a. One who wrests or wrenches; a twister; †one who tunes with a wrest.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [noun] > one who writhes > one who twists violently

wrester1504

wrencher1847

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [noun] > tuner > of strings

wrester1504

1504 W. Cornishe in J. Skelton Pithy Pleasaunt & Profitable Wks. (1568) sig. Zvj Any Instrument mystunyd shall hurt a trew song; Yet blame not the claricord y^e wrester doth wrong.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum (at cited word) Wryste or wrythe, extorqueo. Wryster and wrynger, idem.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Retordeur,..a wrester, a retorter, a wrier backe.

†b. An implement for picking locks. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > key > skeleton key or picklock

picklock1567

wrester1591

picklock key1609

gilk1610

gilt1667

ginny1669

dub1699

false key1701

screwa1790

skeleton key1810

twirl1879

skeleton1884

pick1890

twirler1921

1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. B The Pickelocke, is called a Charme. He that watcheth, a Stond. There engins, Wresters.

2. One who wrests, strains, or deflects the meaning or application of words, etc.; a perverter, distorter.

ΘΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > [noun] > one who perverts

adulterer?c1430

writher1498

perverter?a1500

wrester1533

corruptera1538

wringerc1560

racker1565

wreather1566

hackera1603

wracker1719

torturer1830

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > misrepresentation > [noun] > one who misrepresents

wrester1533

misrepresenter1688

1533 T. More 2nd Pt. Confut. Tyndals Answere iv. p. iiii A false wryther and wrester of holy scrypture.

1560 J. Jewel Let. in J. Jewel & H. Cole True Copies Lett. sig. J.vi A falsarie a wrester, a corrupter of the Doctoures.

1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Phormio ii. ii, in Terence in Eng. 412 A troubler of good men, and a wrester of lawes.

1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 348 All such wresters and peruerters of the truth.

1673 E. Hickeringill Gregory 310 Antick foppish jugglers, and wresters of Holy Writ.

a1732 F. Atterbury Serm. Several Occas. (1734) I. 287 In the First of these Senses,..these Wresters of it Bent and Warped the streight Line and Measure of their Duty.

1891 W. C. Wilkinson Epic of Saul i. 21 Those wresters of the law must feel the law.

in extended use.1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. vii. 128 To forbid all manner of figuratiue speaches..as meere illusions to the minde, and wresters of vpright iudgement.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	wrester
释义	wrestern. /ˈrɛstə/ Etymology: < wrest v. + -er suffix¹. 1. a. One who wrests or wrenches; a twister; †one who tunes with a wrest. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [noun] > one who writhes > one who twists violently wrester1504 wrencher1847 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [noun] > tuner > of strings wrester1504 1504 W. Cornishe in J. Skelton Pithy Pleasaunt & Profitable Wks. (1568) sig. Zvj Any Instrument mystunyd shall hurt a trew song; Yet blame not the claricord y^e wrester doth wrong. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum (at cited word) Wryste or wrythe, extorqueo. Wryster and wrynger, idem. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Retordeur,..a wrester, a retorter, a wrier backe. †b. An implement for picking locks. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > key > skeleton key or picklock picklock1567 wrester1591 picklock key1609 gilk1610 gilt1667 ginny1669 dub1699 false key1701 screwa1790 skeleton key1810 twirl1879 skeleton1884 pick1890 twirler1921 1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. B The Pickelocke, is called a Charme. He that watcheth, a Stond. There engins, Wresters. 2. One who wrests, strains, or deflects the meaning or application of words, etc.; a perverter, distorter. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > [noun] > one who perverts adulterer?c1430 writher1498 perverter?a1500 wrester1533 corruptera1538 wringerc1560 racker1565 wreather1566 hackera1603 wracker1719 torturer1830 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > misrepresentation > [noun] > one who misrepresents wrester1533 misrepresenter1688 1533 T. More 2nd Pt. Confut. Tyndals Answere iv. p. iiii A false wryther and wrester of holy scrypture. 1560 J. Jewel Let. in J. Jewel & H. Cole True Copies Lett. sig. J.vi A falsarie a wrester, a corrupter of the Doctoures. 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Phormio ii. ii, in Terence in Eng. 412 A troubler of good men, and a wrester of lawes. 1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 348 All such wresters and peruerters of the truth. 1673 E. Hickeringill Gregory 310 Antick foppish jugglers, and wresters of Holy Writ. a1732 F. Atterbury Serm. Several Occas. (1734) I. 287 In the First of these Senses,..these Wresters of it Bent and Warped the streight Line and Measure of their Duty. 1891 W. C. Wilkinson Epic of Saul i. 21 Those wresters of the law must feel the law. in extended use.1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. vii. 128 To forbid all manner of figuratiue speaches..as meere illusions to the minde, and wresters of vpright iudgement. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1504
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