wrestingn.

/ˈrɛstɪŋ/

Etymology: < wrest v. + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of twisting, or turning awry; the fact of being wrested. Also with off.

ΘΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [noun]

throwingOE

wringinga1375

twining1398

wrenching1398

wresting1398

writhing?a1400

wrying1566

wreathing1571

convolution1597

twinding1602

contortion1611

distorquement1628

distortion1718

twisting1725

quirling1754

circumgyration1843

the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] > action or fact of putting or being out of shape > distortion > twisting and pulling

wrenching1398

wresting1398

wrench1530

convulsion1599

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville (Add. MS.) De Proprietatibus Rerum v. xxviii Þe hond is greued..by wrastinge and wrenching of ioyntes.

1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Torsio,..a writhyng, a wrestyng.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 367 Branches which will not easily breake with wresting or playing.

1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 277 Ane fische fast in the net,..Ay wristing and thristing, the faster still is scho.

a1610 J. Healey tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) 79 In thy walkes thou hast a care to avoide..the wresting of thy feete.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Distorsion A wresting or wringing several Ways.

1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum at Sprain A violent Contorsion or Wresting of the Tendons of the Muscles.

1892 I. Zangwill Big Bow Myst. x. 135 Never dreaming the wresting off [sc. of a staple] had been done beforehand.

in extended use.1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 480 The wresting of the Inquisition vpon me.

†b. Adjustment of the strings of a musical instrument by tightening with a wrest; tuning in this way. Also in figurative context. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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

wrestingc1380

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 341 Many men failen in þis wrastyng [of a harp] & in goostly syngyng aftur.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 533/2 Wrestynge, plectura, plexura.

a1527 W. Peeris Prov. in Anglia (1892) 14 478 A slac strynge in a virgynall..dothe abyde no wrastinge it is so louse and light.

1530 J. Rastell New Bk. Purgatory ii. xviii. sig. e^v A harper..occupyed about y^e wrastynge of his harpe strynges.

1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue f. 26^v When he..with writhyng and wrestyng had brought his heresie into tune.

1627 G. Hakewill Apologie ii. i. 72 The wresting of a string too high marres the musick.

c. figurative. The action of taking away or obtaining by force; exaction; extortion.

ΘΠ

the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [noun]

extortionc1340

askingc1400

extort power1492

exactiona1513

bribing1533

extort1541

pollage?1542

bloodsucking1548

scaffery1555

eviction1560

wringing1589

wresting1611

screwing1680

squeezing1681

extortinga1711

wringing1730

over-pull1867

Rachmanism1963

Rachmanship1963

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Extorsion,..a violent wringing, or wresting of things from others.

1694 E. Phillips tr. J. Milton Lett. of State 175 The wresting of the Kingdom of Poland from Papal Subjection.

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. at Extortion An unlawful and violent wresting of Money, &c. from any Man.

1853 C. Kingsley A. Smith & A. Pope in Misc. (1860) I. 289 His wresting from her the secret which had been locked for ages in the ice caves.

†d. With in: (see wrest v. 1c). Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > [noun] > with twisting

wresting1597

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 124 The vnpleasantnesse of it commeth of the wresting in of the point.

2. Perversion, distortion, or deflection of the meaning, interpretation, or application; misinterpretation; an instance of this.

ΘΠ

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

wrestingc1444

pervertinga1450

corruptiona1513

straining1528

writhing?1532

hacking1539

violence1546

racking1556

wrying1562

wringing1565

detorting1579

wrest1581

detortion1598

wrench1603

torture1605

distorting1610

violencing1612

refraction1614

misacception1629

distortion1650

distorture1709

misacceptation1721

torturing1753

verbicide1826

stretch1849

twisting1890

queeringness1955

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > [noun] > instance of

violence1546

wresting1551

wreathing1556

strain1579

wrest1581

mis-sense1615

by-signification1651

extortion1652

corruption1699

wrench1701

by-sense1782

corruptibility1847

torturing1855

twist1862

c1444 R. Pecock Donet 140 Prechers ben woned to wrynge oute of a worde alle maters whiche to hem liken, bi wrasting of sillablis and of lettris.

c1444 R. Pecock Donet 142.

1551 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 2nd Pt. f. lxvi Blasphemouse bablynges and abhomynable wrastynges of the scriptures.

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 473 He hath nothing that may not bee reasonably construed on our side without any wresting.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxix. 528 It were an vtter wresting of the Text, to conuey it any other way.

a1610 J. Healey tr. Theophrastus Characters 4 in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) A wresting of actions and wordes to the worse or sadder part.

1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 24 The ridiculous wresting of Scripture.

1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. ii. iii. §20 A manifest perverting of Justice, and a barefac'd wresting of the Laws.

a1732 F. Atterbury Serm. Several Occas. (1734) I. 267 Expressions..so bright and clear, as should prevent all possible Wrestings and Misconstructions.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 61 Aiming to find out such a sense of them [sc. principles of human reason], without violence or wresting, as may coincide or prove reconcileable therewith.

1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel (1876) i. 5 If a prophecy..admitted of no wresting.

†3. The action of contending or struggling; an instance of this. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun]

i-winc888

wrestlingc890

fightc1000

flitec1000

teenOE

winOE

ungrithlOE

wara1200

cockingc1225

strife?c1225

strivingc1275

struta1300

barratc1300

thro1303

battlec1375

contentionc1384

tuggingc1440

militationa1460

sturtc1480

bargain1487

bargaining1489

distrifea1500

concertation1509

hold1523

conflict1531

ruffle1532

tangling1535

scamblingc1538

tuilyie1550

bustling1553

tilt1567

ruffling1570

wresting1570

certationc1572

pinglinga1578

reluctation1593

combating1594

yoking1594

bandying1599

tention1602

contrast1609

colluctation1611

contestationa1616

dimication1623

rixation1623

colluctance1625

decertation1635

conflicting1640

contrasto1645

dispute1647

luctation1651

contest1665

stickle1665

contra-colluctation1674

contrasting1688

struggle1706

yed1719

widdle1789

scrambling1792

cut and thrust1846

headbutting1869

push-and-pull1881

contending1882

thrust and parry1889

aggro1973

1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 35^v Be lowly not solen if ought go amisse, what wresting may lose thee, that winne with a kisse.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 355 Their dayly exercise then was a continuall wresting agaynst the world, and the Devill.

1613–18 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 140 Discontentment still goes on, and neither side get any thing but by hard wrestings.

†4. Griping or wringing pain. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > pain in specific parts > [noun] > in stomach or bowels

womb achea1398

gnawing1398

torsionc1425

colicc1440

frettingc1440

the wormc1500

wringc1500

griping1526

wresting?1543

wringing?1550

bellyache1552

torment1578

colic passion1586

wind-colic1593

belly-thrawe1595

belly-grinding1597

fret1600

gripe1601

wrenching1607

mulligrubsa1625

bellywarka1652

torminaa1655

efferation1684

stomach-ache1763

gastrodynia1804

guts-ache1818

stony colic1822

wame-ill1829

gastralgia1834

tummy ache1926

?1543 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe ix. f. liii^v In suche a disease, the glistre must be great in quantitie, or els ye shulde make wrestyng and roumblyng in the bellye.

Compounds

wresting-vice n.

ΘΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > clutching or gripping equipment > [noun] > clamp > vice > types of

wresting-vice1609

hand vice1611

bench screw1678

bench vice1688

screw dog1855

pin vice1868

taper-vice1877

staple-vice1881

vice grip1915

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 9 The hang~man prepared both hookes and wresting-vices.

† wresting stick n. Obsolete one suitable for or used in wresting or twisting.

ΘΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > lever or crowbar > [noun] > stick used as

wresting stick1568

1568 V. Skinner tr. R. González de Montes Discouery Inquisition of Spayne f. 26^v Hys armes..are bound with very stiffe and small cordes..which afterwards they straine with certaine stiffe wresting stickes or troncheons.

wresting thread n. Shetland dialect a thread wound or tied round a sprained or injured limb as a charm to effect a cure.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other medical equipment > [noun] > other miscellaneous equipment

wresting thread1616

tractors1798

tetanomotor1860

examining table1877

wire instrumenta1884

wristband1884

nasal spray1888

mackintosh sheet1889

gas mask1892

bath-bed1894

inspissator1897

Murphy's button1899

trembling-chair1899

solenoid1901

sunray1921

oxygenator1928

white cane1930

white stick1930

microdrive1955

photocoagulator1965

bubble1966

stimoceiver1967

hospital gown1970

smart pill1988

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > occult medicine > amulet against disease or to aid healing > specific

plague cake1603

wresting thread1616

ague spell1714

touched gold1715

1616 Orkney Witch Trial in Dalyell Darker Superstit. Scotl. (1834) 118 [To make] a wresting thread, and give it in the name of the Father, Sone, and the Holie Gaist,..it wald mak ony wrest of man or beast haill.

1616 Shetland Witch Trial in Dalyell Darker Superst. Scot. (1834) 118 He tauld Garth that thair was ane woman in Delting..quha culd give him ane resting threid.

1840 New Statist. Acc. (1845) XV. 141 The ‘wresting thread’..is a thread spun from black wool, on which are cast nine knots, and tied round a sprained leg or arm.

1883 R. M. Fergusson Rambling Sketches 122 When a person received a sprain the Wrestin Thread was cast.

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

单词	wresting
释义	wrestingn. /ˈrɛstɪŋ/ Etymology: < wrest v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. a. The action of twisting, or turning awry; the fact of being wrested. Also with off. ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [noun] throwingOE wringinga1375 twining1398 wrenching1398 wresting1398 writhing?a1400 wrying1566 wreathing1571 convolution1597 twinding1602 contortion1611 distorquement1628 distortion1718 twisting1725 quirling1754 circumgyration1843 the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] > action or fact of putting or being out of shape > distortion > twisting and pulling wrenching1398 wresting1398 wrench1530 convulsion1599 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville (Add. MS.) De Proprietatibus Rerum v. xxviii Þe hond is greued..by wrastinge and wrenching of ioyntes. 1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Torsio,..a writhyng, a wrestyng. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 367 Branches which will not easily breake with wresting or playing. 1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 277 Ane fische fast in the net,..Ay wristing and thristing, the faster still is scho. a1610 J. Healey tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) 79 In thy walkes thou hast a care to avoide..the wresting of thy feete. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Distorsion A wresting or wringing several Ways. 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum at Sprain A violent Contorsion or Wresting of the Tendons of the Muscles. 1892 I. Zangwill Big Bow Myst. x. 135 Never dreaming the wresting off [sc. of a staple] had been done beforehand. in extended use.1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 480 The wresting of the Inquisition vpon me. †b. Adjustment of the strings of a musical instrument by tightening with a wrest; tuning in this way. Also in figurative context. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [noun] > tuning of strings wrestingc1380 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 341 Many men failen in þis wrastyng [of a harp] & in goostly syngyng aftur. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 533/2 Wrestynge, plectura, plexura. a1527 W. Peeris Prov. in Anglia (1892) 14 478 A slac strynge in a virgynall..dothe abyde no wrastinge it is so louse and light. 1530 J. Rastell New Bk. Purgatory ii. xviii. sig. e^v A harper..occupyed about y^e wrastynge of his harpe strynges. 1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue f. 26^v When he..with writhyng and wrestyng had brought his heresie into tune. 1627 G. Hakewill Apologie ii. i. 72 The wresting of a string too high marres the musick. c. figurative. The action of taking away or obtaining by force; exaction; extortion. ΘΠ the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [noun] extortionc1340 askingc1400 extort power1492 exactiona1513 bribing1533 extort1541 pollage?1542 bloodsucking1548 scaffery1555 eviction1560 wringing1589 wresting1611 screwing1680 squeezing1681 extortinga1711 wringing1730 over-pull1867 Rachmanism1963 Rachmanship1963 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Extorsion,..a violent wringing, or wresting of things from others. 1694 E. Phillips tr. J. Milton Lett. of State 175 The wresting of the Kingdom of Poland from Papal Subjection. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. at Extortion An unlawful and violent wresting of Money, &c. from any Man. 1853 C. Kingsley A. Smith & A. Pope in Misc. (1860) I. 289 His wresting from her the secret which had been locked for ages in the ice caves. †d. With in: (see wrest v. 1c). Obsolete. ΘΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > [noun] > with twisting wresting1597 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 124 The vnpleasantnesse of it commeth of the wresting in of the point. 2. Perversion, distortion, or deflection of the meaning, interpretation, or application; misinterpretation; an instance of this. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > [noun] wrestingc1444 pervertinga1450 corruptiona1513 straining1528 writhing?1532 hacking1539 violence1546 racking1556 wrying1562 wringing1565 detorting1579 wrest1581 detortion1598 wrench1603 torture1605 distorting1610 violencing1612 refraction1614 misacception1629 distortion1650 distorture1709 misacceptation1721 torturing1753 verbicide1826 stretch1849 twisting1890 queeringness1955 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > [noun] > instance of violence1546 wresting1551 wreathing1556 strain1579 wrest1581 mis-sense1615 by-signification1651 extortion1652 corruption1699 wrench1701 by-sense1782 corruptibility1847 torturing1855 twist1862 c1444 R. Pecock Donet 140 Prechers ben woned to wrynge oute of a worde alle maters whiche to hem liken, bi wrasting of sillablis and of lettris. c1444 R. Pecock Donet 142. 1551 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 2nd Pt. f. lxvi Blasphemouse bablynges and abhomynable wrastynges of the scriptures. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 473 He hath nothing that may not bee reasonably construed on our side without any wresting. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxix. 528 It were an vtter wresting of the Text, to conuey it any other way. a1610 J. Healey tr. Theophrastus Characters 4 in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) A wresting of actions and wordes to the worse or sadder part. 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 24 The ridiculous wresting of Scripture. 1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. ii. iii. §20 A manifest perverting of Justice, and a barefac'd wresting of the Laws. a1732 F. Atterbury Serm. Several Occas. (1734) I. 267 Expressions..so bright and clear, as should prevent all possible Wrestings and Misconstructions. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 61 Aiming to find out such a sense of them [sc. principles of human reason], without violence or wresting, as may coincide or prove reconcileable therewith. 1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel (1876) i. 5 If a prophecy..admitted of no wresting. †3. The action of contending or struggling; an instance of this. Obsolete. ΘΠ society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] i-winc888 wrestlingc890 fightc1000 flitec1000 teenOE winOE ungrithlOE wara1200 cockingc1225 strife?c1225 strivingc1275 struta1300 barratc1300 thro1303 battlec1375 contentionc1384 tuggingc1440 militationa1460 sturtc1480 bargain1487 bargaining1489 distrifea1500 concertation1509 hold1523 conflict1531 ruffle1532 tangling1535 scamblingc1538 tuilyie1550 bustling1553 tilt1567 ruffling1570 wresting1570 certationc1572 pinglinga1578 reluctation1593 combating1594 yoking1594 bandying1599 tention1602 contrast1609 colluctation1611 contestationa1616 dimication1623 rixation1623 colluctance1625 decertation1635 conflicting1640 contrasto1645 dispute1647 luctation1651 contest1665 stickle1665 contra-colluctation1674 contrasting1688 struggle1706 yed1719 widdle1789 scrambling1792 cut and thrust1846 headbutting1869 push-and-pull1881 contending1882 thrust and parry1889 aggro1973 1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 35^v Be lowly not solen if ought go amisse, what wresting may lose thee, that winne with a kisse. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 355 Their dayly exercise then was a continuall wresting agaynst the world, and the Devill. 1613–18 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 140 Discontentment still goes on, and neither side get any thing but by hard wrestings. †4. Griping or wringing pain. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > pain in specific parts > [noun] > in stomach or bowels womb achea1398 gnawing1398 torsionc1425 colicc1440 frettingc1440 the wormc1500 wringc1500 griping1526 wresting?1543 wringing?1550 bellyache1552 torment1578 colic passion1586 wind-colic1593 belly-thrawe1595 belly-grinding1597 fret1600 gripe1601 wrenching1607 mulligrubsa1625 bellywarka1652 torminaa1655 efferation1684 stomach-ache1763 gastrodynia1804 guts-ache1818 stony colic1822 wame-ill1829 gastralgia1834 tummy ache1926 ?1543 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe ix. f. liii^v In suche a disease, the glistre must be great in quantitie, or els ye shulde make wrestyng and roumblyng in the bellye. Compounds wresting-vice n. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > clutching or gripping equipment > [noun] > clamp > vice > types of wresting-vice1609 hand vice1611 bench screw1678 bench vice1688 screw dog1855 pin vice1868 taper-vice1877 staple-vice1881 vice grip1915 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 9 The hang~man prepared both hookes and wresting-vices. † wresting stick n. Obsolete one suitable for or used in wresting or twisting. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lever or crowbar > [noun] > stick used as wresting stick1568 1568 V. Skinner tr. R. González de Montes Discouery Inquisition of Spayne f. 26^v Hys armes..are bound with very stiffe and small cordes..which afterwards they straine with certaine stiffe wresting stickes or troncheons. wresting thread n. Shetland dialect a thread wound or tied round a sprained or injured limb as a charm to effect a cure. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other medical equipment > [noun] > other miscellaneous equipment wresting thread1616 tractors1798 tetanomotor1860 examining table1877 wire instrumenta1884 wristband1884 nasal spray1888 mackintosh sheet1889 gas mask1892 bath-bed1894 inspissator1897 Murphy's button1899 trembling-chair1899 solenoid1901 sunray1921 oxygenator1928 white cane1930 white stick1930 microdrive1955 photocoagulator1965 bubble1966 stimoceiver1967 hospital gown1970 smart pill1988 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > occult medicine > amulet against disease or to aid healing > specific plague cake1603 wresting thread1616 ague spell1714 touched gold1715 1616 Orkney Witch Trial in Dalyell Darker Superstit. Scotl. (1834) 118 [To make] a wresting thread, and give it in the name of the Father, Sone, and the Holie Gaist,..it wald mak ony wrest of man or beast haill. 1616 Shetland Witch Trial in Dalyell Darker Superst. Scot. (1834) 118 He tauld Garth that thair was ane woman in Delting..quha culd give him ane resting threid. 1840 New Statist. Acc. (1845) XV. 141 The ‘wresting thread’..is a thread spun from black wool, on which are cast nine knots, and tied round a sprained leg or arm. 1883 R. M. Fergusson Rambling Sketches 122 When a person received a sprain the Wrestin Thread was cast. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online September 2021). wrestingadj. Etymology: < wrest v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈwresting. rare. That wrests or twists; in quot. a1529 figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [adjective] wrestinga1529 writhing1556 retorting1588 wringinga1600 wrenching1618 reluctant1667 twirlinga1719 quirling1755 convoluting1818 contortional1918 a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Eiii Let your lust and lykynge stande for a lawe. Be wrastynge and wrythynge and away drawe. Derivatives ˈwrestingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [adverb] writhingly1556 wryingly1611 wrestingly1613 wrenchingly1884 1613 R. Yong in R. Zouche Dove A 3 b But Love breaks forth,..And wrestingly, out of my wonted lynes, It makes me shuffle in these hobling rymes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.c1380adj.a1529
随便看	to give one the geck to give one the glaiks to give one the gleek to give one the shudders to give one the slampant to give one the slip to give one the wite to give one the wite of to give one the worse to give one two dozen to give one's all to give one's arm to give one's beard for the washing to give one's end to give one's faith to give one's faith to to give one's faith unto to give one's hand to give one's hands to give one's hat to give one's head for the polling to give one's head for the washing to give one's honour to give one's life to give one's mind to

wrestingn.

Compounds

wrestingadj.

Derivatives