wristn.

Brit.

/rɪst/, U.S.

/rɪst/

Forms: α. Old English– wrist, Middle English–1500s wriste, Middle English wryste, Middle English–1500s wryst; Middle English virste, Middle English wirste, Middle English–1500s wyrste, 1800s dialect wurst. β. Middle English–1600s wrest (Middle English wrost?), Middle English–1500s wreste, 1500s wreast ( wrast, 1700s dialect wraste), 1800s Scottish reist.

Etymology: Old English wrist , = Old Frisian wrist , -wirst (in hand- , fôt-wirst ), -werst (in fôt-werst ), -riust (North Frisian wrast , wrest ), Middle Low German wrist (Low German wrist , wirst , rüst ), Middle Dutch wrist , Middle High German rist (masculine), riste (feminine) (German rist (masculine), instep, wrist), Old Norse rist (feminine), instep (Danish, Swedish vrist , Norwegian vrist , rist ), probably < wrið- , weak grade of the stem of wríðan writhe v.

a. Anatomy. That part of the human frame between the fore-arm and the metacarpus; the joint by which the hand is united to the fore-arm; the carpus, or radio-carpal joint, of primates.Cf. arm-wrist n. at arm n.¹ Compounds, hand wrist n.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > arm > [noun] > forearm > wrist

hand wristeOE

wrist?a940

rascettea1400

shackle-bone1571

shackle1788

α.

?a940 Laws Athelstan in Liebermann I. 386/1 Gif hit anfeald tyhtle sy, dufe seo hand æfter þam stane oð þa wriste.

c1325 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 78 The virste, la coude de la mein.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1535 Non oþer forme bot a fust faylande þe wryste.

1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes ix. 2258 He heeld..Hand and fyngres aboue the coles briht, Til the ioyntes fallyng heer & yonder, From the wirste [v.rr. wrest, wrost, wristis] departid wer assonder.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 534 Wryst, or wyrste of an hande, fragus.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 290 Wrist of ones hande, poignet.

1574 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Last Pt. Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Induct. lxvii Cassandra..they haled From Pallas house,..Her wrists fast bound.

1578 G. Best True Disc. Passage to Cathaya i. 21 An eare as bigge as the wreste of a mans arme.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 205 The Doctor..fairly twisted his wrists.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 515. ⁋3 The fan can play without any force..but just of the wrist.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 37 A substance..as thick as one's wrist.

1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 211 The pulse in the wrist was scarcely to be felt.

1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise i. 433 [Taking] her dear hands..about each little wrist.

1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 828 The wrist of the orang, gibbon, the tailed apes.

β. a1400 Sir Beues (A.) 1769 Beues smot..is left hande be þe wrest. 1430-40 [see α. ]. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxviii^v The whiche..had theyr ryght handes smyten of by the wrestes.1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. K vj Both his handes cut of by the wreasts.1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 354 Fastening Cords to the wrests of mine arme.1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 184 The axillary artery..passing by the wrest or place of the pulse. 1789 C. Vallancey Vocab. Lang. Forth & Bargie in Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 1788 2 Antiquities 34 Wraste, the wrist.

b. Without article.

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1686 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 422 3 Payres of black Buttons for wrist and neck.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. iv. 103 I'll bracelet him with iron both on wrist and ancle.

c. transferred. That part of a garment, sleeve, or glove, which covers the wrist.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering spec parts of body > other

breasta1486

thigh1533

leg1558

belly1600

instepc1615

knee1662

belly-piece1689

legging1738

wrist1803

bust1808

midriff1941

1803 D. Wordsworth Jrnl. 10 Jan. (1941) I. 188 Worked all day—petticoats—Mrs. C.'s wrists.

1828 Lady's Mag. Aug. 446/1 The cuffs at the wrists of all gowns.

1873 ‘S. Coolidge’ What Katy Did iii. 44 She..adjusted her veil and the wrists of her three-buttoned gloves.

†a. The joint of the thigh or knee. (Cf. Old English cnéow-wyrst.) Obsolete. rare.

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the world > life > the body > structural parts > joint > joints > [noun] > of thigh

wrist?c1450

the world > life > the body > structural parts > joint > joints > [noun] > of knee

kneec825

wrist?c1450

knee-joint1648

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 5850 Men wend his the [= thigh] bane had bryst; He had na harme in bane ne wrist.

b. The ankle; the instep. Usually wrist of the foot. Now dialect.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > ankle > [noun]

ankleeOE

rascettea1400

wrist?1515

pastern1555

ankle joint1636

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [noun] > instep

wrist?1515

instep1530

?1515 Hyckescorner (de Worde) sig. A.v^v Frewyll. But can they go no more. Imagy. O no man the wrest is twyste so sore.

?c1547 Procession Edward VI in Leland's De Rebus Brit. Collectanea (1770) IV. 321 He..tyed himselfe..a little beneath the Wrist of the Foot.

1563 T. Gale Certaine Wks. Chirurg. iv. ii. f. 21^v Thys vnguent must be applyed vppon..the wreste of the handes, the wreste of the foote [etc.].

1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1620) II. 169 About the Wrists of her Legs..she wore two..Bracelets.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 1004 The Tarsus or wrest of the Foot.

1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid ii. xxv. 152 The bone of the Foots wrist.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Reist, the instep.

1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Wrist-o'-the-foot, the ankle.

3. Comparative Anatomy. A part or joint analogous or answering to the wrist in man:

a. The carpus or carpal joint in birds.

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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > wing or wings > part of

pinion?a1425

juck1575

shoulder1735

wrista1836

wing1867

propatagium1872

thumb1872

patagium1887

flight-muscle1890

a1836 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VII. 327 The Wrist of Birds consists of but two bones.

b. The knee or knee-joint in the fore-legs of animals.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > constituent materials > [noun] > knee or knee-joint

knee1626

wrista1836

a1836 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VII. 315 The Wrist [in reptiles], carpus, consists of numerous small bones.

1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 211 That [carpal bone] on the radial side of the wrist [in Crocodilia] is the largest.

1890 St. G. Mivart Dogs, Jackals, Wolves, & Foxes 6 Vertically from the wrist up the front of the [wolf's] leg.

c. Ichthyology. (See first quot.)

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the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [noun] > bones (various types of)

grate1481

pharyngeal1791

suboperculum1818

supratemporal1834

shackle-joint1837

mastoid1840

wrist1840

mastoid bone1841

subopercular1841

mesotympanic1846

suprascapula1846

hypobranchials1848

hypotympanic1848

urohyal1848

radius1854

epicentral1866

pterotic1866

mesocoracoid1868

supraclavicle1868

precoracoid1869

symplectic1870

hypural1871

mesopterygoid1871

post-temporal1871

postclavicle1872

brachial1873

urostyle1875

hypercoracoid1876

admaxillary1885

intercalarium1887

palatopterygoquadrate1888

subtectal1888

Weberian apparatus1889

Weberian ossicles1889

radial1890

supracleithrum1903

1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 308 [In] some spinous fishes the carpal bones are so elongated as to form a sort of arm or wrist, to the extremity of which the pectoral fin is articulated.

1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 308 Fishes with Wrists to the Pectoral Fins.

1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 176 The carpal bones of these fins..increasing in length from the ulnar to the radial side of the wrist.

a. Mechanics. One of the partitions of the bucket of an overshot waterwheel. ? Obsolete.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > driven by water > parts of

awe1503

scoop1591

float1611

ladle1611

sole1675

float-board1719

ladle-board1744

paddle1758

shrouding1797

wrist1797

polroz1806

breastwork1833

flap1839

shrouding-plate1844

shroud-plate1844

staving1875

shroud-

1797 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 903/2 We have heard them named the Start or Shoulder, the Arm, and the Wrest (probably for wrist, on account of a resemblance of the whole line to the human arm).

1829 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. Mechanics v. 20 This bucket is formed of three planes;..BC is called the arm, and CH the wrist.

b. A pin or stud, projecting from the side of a wheel, crank, etc., to which a connecting rod is attached; a wrist-pin.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > parts of wheels > tooth

coga1250

tooth?1523

sprocket1655

staff1659

leaf1675

wrong1688

round1731

wrist1864

whelp1875

wrist-pin1875

pinion leaf1881

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > parts of wheels > other projections

spoke1648

wrist1864

wrist-pin1875

1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1720/1 Pitman-box, the stirrup and brasses which embrace the wrist of the driving-wheel.

a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 229/2 A wrist on a crank wheel.

c. Nautical. (See quot. 1863.)

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1863 A. Young Naut. Dict. (ed. 2) 450 Wrist of an anchor, the continuation of the arm in a square or rounded form towards the palm or fluke.

Compounds

C1.

a. General attributive.

wrist connection n.

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1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2822/2 A pin passing through the axis of a wrist-connection.

wrist end n.

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1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 521 The wrist end of the ulna.

wrist power n.

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1897 K. S. Ranjitsinhji Jubilee Bk. Cricket iv. 182 Every player who has much wrist-power.

b. frequently with the sense ‘worn about or depending from the wrist’.

wrist-bag n.

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1904 Daily Chron. 28 Jan. 6/5 The sums stolen out of the ‘wrist-bag’ purses.

wrist-bangle n.

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1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 418 Fiercely she slaps his haunch, her goldcurb wristbangles angriling.

wrist-cord n.

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1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind viii. 201 A well-known New Zealand weapon..is an edged club of bone or stone... Through the neck it has a hole for a wrist-cord.

† wrist favour n. Obsolete

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a1632 T. Middleton & J. Webster Any Thing for Quiet Life (1662) iii. sig. D3^v A fine Wrist-favor of this Gold.

wrist guard n.

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1871 Archaeologia 43 426 Stone Wrist-guards... Those [plates] of finely-grained green stone..appear to be intended to be worn on the wrist.

wrist-iron n.

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1885 J. Runciman Skippers & Shellbacks 83 We divides the sets of wrist-irons.

wrist-plaster n.

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1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Eye Mix all these together..to a Consistence fit for a Wrist-plaister.

wrist strap n.

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1901 Scribner's Mag. Apr. 408/1 Big policemen, swinging their clubs by the wrist-straps.

c. In the names of devices worn on the wrist.

wrist compass n.

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1983 D. Hart-Davis Fire Falcon xxiii. 272 His only means of steering was his wrist compass.

wrist radio n.

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1972 Times 3 Nov. 33/3 It is a world first, it enables the memorable ‘wrist radio’ label of the Dick Tracy strip cartoons to become reality.

1984 Listener 17 May 36/3 You have the Snoop-Mobile, a wrist-radio, a list of suspects and information about each of them.

wrist telephone n.

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1984 Tampa (Florida) Tribune 5 Apr. 6 b/4 Cellular mobile radio telephone service..could be the forerunner of Dick Tracy-like wrist telephones.

wrist television n.

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1972 D. Bloodworth Any Number can Play x. 81 I'm going to grow up into a millionaire cowboy with a two-way wrist-television and a formula car.

C2. With the sense ‘of or pertaining to a wrist-band or sleeve-cuff’, as wrist-button, wrist-link, wrist-stud.

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1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin xxx. 315 His wrist-buttons, his shirt-studs, the camelia in his coat.

1859 Habits Good Society iii. 142 Elaborate studs..and wrist-links, are all abominable.

1865 J. S. Le Fanu Guy Deverell II. 38 Having buttoned his jewelled wrist-studs in.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2822/2 Wrist-link, a link with connected buttons for the wristband or cuff.

C3. In Cricket, etc., with the sense ‘effected or directed by means of wrist-work,’ as wrist hit, wrist-play (hence wrist-player, wrist-playing), wrist shot, wrist stroke.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres

ball1483

through-pass1673

intercept1821

fielding1823

outfielding1851

wrist stroke1851

goalkeeping1856

shot1868

scrimmage1872

passing1882

save1883

touchback1884

angle shot1885

shooting1885

pass1887

line1891

tackling1893

feeding1897

centre1898

chip shot1899

glovework1906

back-lift1912

push pass1919

aerial1921

screen1921

ball-hawking1925

fast break1929

tackle1930

chip1939

screenshot1940

snapshot1961

hang time1969

one-two1969

blooter1976

passback1976

sidefoot1979

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > other batting actions

backing-up1816

slip1833

wrist-play1851

leg before1867

follow-through1891

gardening1897

wrist-work1898

whip1903

back-lift1912

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [adjective] > types of batting

cross-batted1577

steady1826

poking1836

free1851

wrist shot1851

fast-footed1853

wristy1867

stonewall1880

forcing1888

poky1888

firm-footed1907

back foot1936

1851 J. Pycroft Cricket Field vii. 141 All that is required is, straight play and a free wrist... Without wrist play there can be no good style of batting.

1862 J. Pycroft Cricket Tutor 19 Throwing back the bat to the bails..necessitates good wrist-play.

1867 J. Lillywhite's Cricketer's Comp. 105 A. G. Lee, capital wrist player.

1888 R. H. Lyttelton in A. G. Steel & R. H. Lyttelton Cricket (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) ii. 42 Players are not equally good both at the forward driving and the wrist-playing games.

1888 R. H. Lyttelton in A. G. Steel & R. H. Lyttelton Cricket (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) ii. 61 The cut..requires a very strong use of the wrist, and, like all wrist strokes, charms the spectator by accomplishing great results at the expense of apparently little effort.

1898 R. Kipling Day's Work 274 Hughes made some sort of quick wrist-stroke [in polo].

1900 Westm. Gaz. 16 Apr. 2/1 The cut was not a wrist hit, but a vehement exhibition of energy.

1906 Westm. Gaz. 21 Mar. 10/1 A wrist shot that was remarkable.

C4. Special combinations.

† wrist-bender n. Obsolete a muscle which bends or controls the wrist.

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the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscles of specific parts > [noun] > muscles of arm

pronator1615

supinator1615

wrist-bender1634

bicepsa1641

teretipronator1657

pronator teres1713

teres major1713

teres minor1713

subanconeus1845

gun1973

1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. 222 Both the Carpiflexores, or Wrest-benders, arise from the..inner processe.

wrist-bone n. any one of the small bones of the wrist; a carpal bone.

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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of arm or leg > bones of arm > [noun] > bones of forearm > bones of wrist

navicular?a1425

navicular bone?a1425

wrist-bone1552

carpus1686

scaphoid bone1741

pisiform bone1753

pisiform1808

trapezoid1828

trapezium1840

unciform1840

scaphoid1846

carpal1854

lunar1854

centrale1870

radiale1870

intermedium1878

lunar bone1887

capitate1889

triquetral bone1913

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Wreast bone of the hand, or arme, brachiale.

1612 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise ix. 29 The brawne of the arme must appeare full, shadowed on one side, then shew the wrist bone therof.

1825 W. Scott Talisman ii, in Tales Crusaders III. 29 The wrist-bones peculiarly large and strong.

1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 42 Two little carpal bones, or wrist-bones.

1889 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. VIII. 33/2 Odd cases of supernumerary wrist-bones.

wrist clonus n. Pathology spasmodic contraction of the muscles of the hand, produced by sudden backward pressure.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > type of spasm > of specific muscles

dog spasm1615

wry-mouth1661

risus sardonius1663

lifeblood1733

locked jaw1754

laryngismus1822

podism1858

blepharospasm1872

Saturday night palsy1887

wrist clonus1888

cardiospasm1896

pylorospasm1898

wrist jerk1899

histrionic spasm1912

main d'accoucheur1926

twister's cramp-

1888 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. VI. 771/2 A wrist clonus may be produced by a..forcible hyperextension of the wrist.

wrist-drop n. Pathology an affection marked by inability to extend the hand and fingers, resulting from paralysis of the forearm extensor muscles; also attributive.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > [noun] > disorders of extremities > of the hand

wrist-dropa1836

shakiness1862

washerwoman's fingers1894

a1836 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VII. 522 One of these consequences [of the use of lead] is..wrist-drop.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 693 The two commonest varieties—the wrist-drop type and the upper arm type.

wrist-fall n. a drooping ruff or band (cf. fall n.² 30c) formerly worn about the wrist.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for arms > [noun] > covering for wrist > cuff > types of

weeper1755

wrist-fall1890

1890 A. E. Barr Friend Olivia iii The lace wrist-falls and neck-bands.

wrist-guide n. (see quots.).

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > pianoforte > device for keeping hands in position

hand mould1819

chiroplast1842

piano monitor1842

chiro-gymnast1845

wrist-guide1861

1861 J. S. Adams 5000 Mus. Terms 108 Wrist Guide, that part of Logier's Chiroplast which guides the wrist.

1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 90 The wrist-guide, by which the position of the wrist was preserved [in piano-playing] from inclination outwards.

wrist jerk n. Pathology wrist clonus.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > type of spasm > of specific muscles

dog spasm1615

wry-mouth1661

risus sardonius1663

lifeblood1733

locked jaw1754

laryngismus1822

podism1858

blepharospasm1872

Saturday night palsy1887

wrist clonus1888

cardiospasm1896

pylorospasm1898

wrist jerk1899

histrionic spasm1912

main d'accoucheur1926

twister's cramp-

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 700 The wrist and elbow jerks.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 191.

wrist-length adj. (a) (of a glove) reaching as far as the wrist; (b) (see quot. 1957).

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > of specific length

foot-sideOE

sideOE

long-side1575

sidelong1575

nock-shorn1632

talarian1671

three-quarter1713

overknee1831

talaric1853

high water1856

ankle-length1876

long1882

hip-length1893

knee-length1895

thigh-length1895

fingertip1920

mid-calf1931

wrist-length1935

floor-length1939

cropped1954

waltz-length1958

two-thirds1963

calf-length1965

midi1968

1935 E. Farjeon Nursery in Nineties iv. iii. 172 Long evening gloves and wrist-length, kid and suède gloves!

1957 M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 382/2 Wrist length, length of coat or other garment, taken with arms hanging at sides, which reaches to wrist.

1963 Guardian 1 Feb. 9/7 Jackets are either straight and short to the hips or straight to wrist-length.

wrist-pin n. Mechanics = 4b; also in combinations.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > parts of wheels > tooth

coga1250

tooth?1523

sprocket1655

staff1659

leaf1675

wrong1688

round1731

wrist1864

whelp1875

wrist-pin1875

pinion leaf1881

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > parts of wheels > other projections

spoke1648

wrist1864

wrist-pin1875

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2822/2 The wrist-pin is a truncate, conical, tubular piece attached to the crank-wheel by a bolt.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2822/2 Wrist-pin Turner, a machine for turning wrist-pins..or [for] the turning of journals.

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wrist-plate n. Mechanics an oscillating plate bearing one or more crank-pins or wrists on its face ( Cent. Dict.).

wrist-slap n. slang a mild rebuke.

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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > mild > instance of

a flap with a fox tail1553

rub1642

a slap in (or on) the face, in the eye, on the wrist1914

a tap on the wrist1973

wrist-slap1977

1977 M. Edelman Polit. Lang. viii. 148 Antitrust laws similarly sanction mergers and pricing agreements, with occasional token wrist slaps to keep the symbolism pure.

1979 Time 13 Aug. 36/3 Critical as the investigators may have been of the utility, the NRC itself got a wrist slap from Congress.

wrist-slapping n.

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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > mild

wrist-slapping1958

1958 Times 24 May 4/2 This unusual example of mass wrist-slapping has been going on for a week.

1979 N. Slater Falcon viii. 141 There was no sherry decanter in evidence, no coffee... This was turning out to be a right old wrist-slapping session.

wrist-spin n. Cricket spin imparted to a ball by the wrist; cf. finger spin n. at finger n. Compounds 2a.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > motion of ball > specific

curl1833

screw1840

devil1845

rise1845

work1846

break1851

spin1851

hang1866

bump1867

fire1888

leg-spin1888

air break1900

turn1900

underspin1901

off-spin1904

finger spin1905

swing1906

back-spin1916

outswing1921

inswing1927

away swing1936

wrist-spin1960

1960 E. W. Swanton W. Indies Revisited iii. 49 He is reputedly unhappy against wrist-spin.

1977 New Society 3 Feb. 246/2 Raffles was a leg-break bowler: can wrist-spin ever be really kosher?

wrist-spinner n.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > bowler > types of bowler

slow bowler1823

fast bowler1828

bias bowler1854

round-arm1858

demon bowler1861

left-hander1864

chucker1882

lobster1889

slow1895

leg-breaker1904

speed merchant1913

leg-spinner1920

spin bowler1920

off-spinner1924

quickie1934

tweaker1935

swerve-bowler1944

pace bowler1947

seam bowler1948

spinner1951

seamer1952

wrist-spinner1957

outswinger1958

swing bowler1958

quick1960

stock bowler1968

paceman1972

leggy1979

1957 T. Bailey Cricket Bk. vi. 66/1 Bruce Dooland..clearly showed what destruction a top-class wrist-spinner can achieve in Championship cricket.

1977 Listener 5 May 588/1 Garfield Sobers—finger-spinner, wrist-spinner, seam-bowler.

wrist-spinning n.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > manner of bowling > specific

fast bowling1816

lobbing1824

bias bowling1833

windmill1867

fast-medium1890

flick1897

whip1903

swerve-bowling1930

body line1933

tweaking1949

swing bowling1953

spin-bowling1955

seam-bowling1956

pace bowling1958

nip1963

wrist-spinning1963

1963 T. E. Bailey Improve your Cricket i. 31 Slow bowlers [from overseas] are more frequently of the wrist-spinning variety.

wrist-watch n. a small watch worn in a wristlet or strap around the wrist.

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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > particular types of watch

German watch1611

larum watch1619

clock-watch1625

minute watch1660

pendulum watch1664

watch1666

alarm watch1669

finger watch1679

string-watch1686

scout1688

balance-watch1690

hour-watch1697

warming-pan1699

minute pendulum watch1705

jewel watch1711

suit1718

repeater1725

Tompion1727

pendulum spring1728

second-watch1755

Geneva watch1756

cylinder-watch1765

watch-paper1777

ring watch1788

verge watch1792

watch lamp1823

hack1827

bull's-eye1833

vertical watch1838

quarter-repeater1840

turnip1840

hunting-watch1843

minute repeater1843

hunter1851

job watch1851

Geneva1852

watch-lining1856

touch watch1860

musical watch1864

lever1865

neep1866

verge1871

independent seconds watch1875

stem-winder1875

demi-hunter1884

fob-watch1884

three-quarter plate1884

wrist-watch1897

turnip-watch1898

sedan-chair watch1904

Rolex1922

Tank watch1923

strap watch1926

chatelaine watch1936

sedan clock1950

quartz watch1969

pulsar1970

1897 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign iv. 93 Field-glasses, wrist-watch, buckles, and buttons should be dulled.

wrist-work n. flexure of the wrist, as in batting.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > other batting actions

backing-up1816

slip1833

wrist-play1851

leg before1867

follow-through1891

gardening1897

wrist-work1898

whip1903

back-lift1912

1898 K. S. Ranjitsinhji With Stoddart's Team vii. 103 His cutting was hard and full of wrist work.

1902 Westm. Gaz. 3 June 3/2 There was any amount of wrist-work in his cutting.

wrist-wrestler n.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > [noun] > wrestler > types of

sumo1864

sumotori1884

ozeki1892

sumo1893

yokozuna1894

rikishi1907

mud-wrestler1936

baby face1948

luchador1953

heel1958

wrist-wrestler1978

face1998

curtain jerker1999

1978 Detroit Free Press 16 Apr. 1 a/1 My uncle Gerald is a pretty good wrist wrestler.

wrist-wrestling n. a contest of strength between two people, each trying to force the arm of the other person backwards (strictly by interlocking thumbs instead of gripping hands); arm-wrestling.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > [noun] > types of wrestling

catch as catch cana1393

in-play1713

Cumberland and Westmorland (style, etc.)1823

Cornish wrestling1824

arm-wrestling1846

professional wrestling1884

sumo1893

all in1934

mud-wrestling1936

lucha libre1943

wrist-wrestling1973

1973 N.Y. Times 29 July x. 4/5 Wrist wrestling, also known as arm wrestling, has its real roots in Petaluma, Calif., where the world championship matches have been televised on ABC's Wide World of Sports for the past four years.

1978 Maclean's 12 June 62 It seems perfectly natural for a wristwrestling championship to be held in Timmins.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	wrist
释义	wristn. Brit. /rɪst/, U.S. /rɪst/ Forms: α. Old English– wrist, Middle English–1500s wriste, Middle English wryste, Middle English–1500s wryst; Middle English virste, Middle English wirste, Middle English–1500s wyrste, 1800s dialect wurst. β. Middle English–1600s wrest (Middle English wrost?), Middle English–1500s wreste, 1500s wreast ( wrast, 1700s dialect wraste), 1800s Scottish reist. Etymology: Old English wrist , = Old Frisian wrist , -wirst (in hand- , fôt-wirst ), -werst (in fôt-werst ), -riust (North Frisian wrast , wrest ), Middle Low German wrist (Low German wrist , wirst , rüst ), Middle Dutch wrist , Middle High German rist (masculine), riste (feminine) (German rist (masculine), instep, wrist), Old Norse rist (feminine), instep (Danish, Swedish vrist , Norwegian vrist , rist ), probably < wrið- , weak grade of the stem of wríðan writhe v. 1. a. Anatomy. That part of the human frame between the fore-arm and the metacarpus; the joint by which the hand is united to the fore-arm; the carpus, or radio-carpal joint, of primates.Cf. arm-wrist n. at arm n.¹ Compounds, hand wrist n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > arm > [noun] > forearm > wrist hand wristeOE wrist?a940 rascettea1400 shackle-bone1571 shackle1788 α. ?a940 Laws Athelstan in Liebermann I. 386/1 Gif hit anfeald tyhtle sy, dufe seo hand æfter þam stane oð þa wriste. c1325 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 78 The virste, la coude de la mein. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1535 Non oþer forme bot a fust faylande þe wryste. 1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes ix. 2258 He heeld..Hand and fyngres aboue the coles briht, Til the ioyntes fallyng heer & yonder, From the wirste [v.rr. wrest, wrost, wristis] departid wer assonder. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 534 Wryst, or wyrste of an hande, fragus. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 290 Wrist of ones hande, poignet. 1574 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Last Pt. Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Induct. lxvii Cassandra..they haled From Pallas house,..Her wrists fast bound. 1578 G. Best True Disc. Passage to Cathaya i. 21 An eare as bigge as the wreste of a mans arme. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 205 The Doctor..fairly twisted his wrists. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 515. ⁋3 The fan can play without any force..but just of the wrist. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 37 A substance..as thick as one's wrist. 1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 211 The pulse in the wrist was scarcely to be felt. 1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise i. 433 [Taking] her dear hands..about each little wrist. 1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 828 The wrist of the orang, gibbon, the tailed apes. β. a1400 Sir Beues (A.) 1769 Beues smot..is left hande be þe wrest. 1430-40 [see α. ]. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxviii^v The whiche..had theyr ryght handes smyten of by the wrestes.1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. K vj Both his handes cut of by the wreasts.1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 354 Fastening Cords to the wrests of mine arme.1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 184 The axillary artery..passing by the wrest or place of the pulse. View more context for this quotation1789 C. Vallancey Vocab. Lang. Forth & Bargie in Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 1788 2 Antiquities 34 Wraste, the wrist. b. Without article. ΚΠ 1686 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 422 3 Payres of black Buttons for wrist and neck. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. iv. 103 I'll bracelet him with iron both on wrist and ancle. c. transferred. That part of a garment, sleeve, or glove, which covers the wrist. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering spec parts of body > other breasta1486 thigh1533 leg1558 belly1600 instepc1615 knee1662 belly-piece1689 legging1738 wrist1803 bust1808 midriff1941 1803 D. Wordsworth Jrnl. 10 Jan. (1941) I. 188 Worked all day—petticoats—Mrs. C.'s wrists. 1828 Lady's Mag. Aug. 446/1 The cuffs at the wrists of all gowns. 1873 ‘S. Coolidge’ What Katy Did iii. 44 She..adjusted her veil and the wrists of her three-buttoned gloves. 2. †a. The joint of the thigh or knee. (Cf. Old English cnéow-wyrst.) Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > joint > joints > [noun] > of thigh wrist?c1450 the world > life > the body > structural parts > joint > joints > [noun] > of knee kneec825 wrist?c1450 knee-joint1648 ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 5850 Men wend his the [= thigh] bane had bryst; He had na harme in bane ne wrist. b. The ankle; the instep. Usually wrist of the foot. Now dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > ankle > [noun] ankleeOE rascettea1400 wrist?1515 pastern1555 ankle joint1636 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [noun] > instep wrist?1515 instep1530 ?1515 Hyckescorner (de Worde) sig. A.v^v Frewyll. But can they go no more. Imagy. O no man the wrest is twyste so sore. ?c1547 Procession Edward VI in Leland's De Rebus Brit. Collectanea (1770) IV. 321 He..tyed himselfe..a little beneath the Wrist of the Foot. 1563 T. Gale Certaine Wks. Chirurg. iv. ii. f. 21^v Thys vnguent must be applyed vppon..the wreste of the handes, the wreste of the foote [etc.]. 1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1620) II. 169 About the Wrists of her Legs..she wore two..Bracelets. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 1004 The Tarsus or wrest of the Foot. 1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid ii. xxv. 152 The bone of the Foots wrist. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Reist, the instep. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Wrist-o'-the-foot, the ankle. 3. Comparative Anatomy. A part or joint analogous or answering to the wrist in man: a. The carpus or carpal joint in birds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > wing or wings > part of pinion?a1425 juck1575 shoulder1735 wrista1836 wing1867 propatagium1872 thumb1872 patagium1887 flight-muscle1890 a1836 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VII. 327 The Wrist of Birds consists of but two bones. b. The knee or knee-joint in the fore-legs of animals. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > constituent materials > [noun] > knee or knee-joint knee1626 wrista1836 a1836 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VII. 315 The Wrist [in reptiles], carpus, consists of numerous small bones. 1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 211 That [carpal bone] on the radial side of the wrist [in Crocodilia] is the largest. 1890 St. G. Mivart Dogs, Jackals, Wolves, & Foxes 6 Vertically from the wrist up the front of the [wolf's] leg. c. Ichthyology. (See first quot.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [noun] > bones (various types of) grate1481 pharyngeal1791 suboperculum1818 supratemporal1834 shackle-joint1837 mastoid1840 wrist1840 mastoid bone1841 subopercular1841 mesotympanic1846 suprascapula1846 hypobranchials1848 hypotympanic1848 urohyal1848 radius1854 epicentral1866 pterotic1866 mesocoracoid1868 supraclavicle1868 precoracoid1869 symplectic1870 hypural1871 mesopterygoid1871 post-temporal1871 postclavicle1872 brachial1873 urostyle1875 hypercoracoid1876 admaxillary1885 intercalarium1887 palatopterygoquadrate1888 subtectal1888 Weberian apparatus1889 Weberian ossicles1889 radial1890 supracleithrum1903 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 308 [In] some spinous fishes the carpal bones are so elongated as to form a sort of arm or wrist, to the extremity of which the pectoral fin is articulated. 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 308 Fishes with Wrists to the Pectoral Fins. 1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 176 The carpal bones of these fins..increasing in length from the ulnar to the radial side of the wrist. 4. a. Mechanics. One of the partitions of the bucket of an overshot waterwheel. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > driven by water > parts of awe1503 scoop1591 float1611 ladle1611 sole1675 float-board1719 ladle-board1744 paddle1758 shrouding1797 wrist1797 polroz1806 breastwork1833 flap1839 shrouding-plate1844 shroud-plate1844 staving1875 shroud- 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 903/2 We have heard them named the Start or Shoulder, the Arm, and the Wrest (probably for wrist, on account of a resemblance of the whole line to the human arm). 1829 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. Mechanics v. 20 This bucket is formed of three planes;..BC is called the arm, and CH the wrist. b. A pin or stud, projecting from the side of a wheel, crank, etc., to which a connecting rod is attached; a wrist-pin. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > parts of wheels > tooth coga1250 tooth?1523 sprocket1655 staff1659 leaf1675 wrong1688 round1731 wrist1864 whelp1875 wrist-pin1875 pinion leaf1881 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > parts of wheels > other projections spoke1648 wrist1864 wrist-pin1875 1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1720/1 Pitman-box, the stirrup and brasses which embrace the wrist of the driving-wheel. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 229/2 A wrist on a crank wheel. c. Nautical. (See quot. 1863.) ΚΠ 1863 A. Young Naut. Dict. (ed. 2) 450 Wrist of an anchor, the continuation of the arm in a square or rounded form towards the palm or fluke. Compounds C1. a. General attributive. wrist connection n. ΚΠ 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2822/2 A pin passing through the axis of a wrist-connection. wrist end n. ΚΠ 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 521 The wrist end of the ulna. wrist power n. ΚΠ 1897 K. S. Ranjitsinhji Jubilee Bk. Cricket iv. 182 Every player who has much wrist-power. b. frequently with the sense ‘worn about or depending from the wrist’. wrist-bag n. ΚΠ 1904 Daily Chron. 28 Jan. 6/5 The sums stolen out of the ‘wrist-bag’ purses. wrist-bangle n. ΚΠ 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 418 Fiercely she slaps his haunch, her goldcurb wristbangles angriling. wrist-cord n. ΚΠ 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind viii. 201 A well-known New Zealand weapon..is an edged club of bone or stone... Through the neck it has a hole for a wrist-cord. † wrist favour n. Obsolete ΚΠ a1632 T. Middleton & J. Webster Any Thing for Quiet Life (1662) iii. sig. D3^v A fine Wrist-favor of this Gold. wrist guard n. ΚΠ 1871 Archaeologia 43 426 Stone Wrist-guards... Those [plates] of finely-grained green stone..appear to be intended to be worn on the wrist. wrist-iron n. ΚΠ 1885 J. Runciman Skippers & Shellbacks 83 We divides the sets of wrist-irons. wrist-plaster n. ΚΠ 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Eye Mix all these together..to a Consistence fit for a Wrist-plaister. wrist strap n. ΚΠ 1901 Scribner's Mag. Apr. 408/1 Big policemen, swinging their clubs by the wrist-straps. c. In the names of devices worn on the wrist. wrist compass n. ΚΠ 1983 D. Hart-Davis Fire Falcon xxiii. 272 His only means of steering was his wrist compass. wrist radio n. ΚΠ 1972 Times 3 Nov. 33/3 It is a world first, it enables the memorable ‘wrist radio’ label of the Dick Tracy strip cartoons to become reality. 1984 Listener 17 May 36/3 You have the Snoop-Mobile, a wrist-radio, a list of suspects and information about each of them. wrist telephone n. ΚΠ 1984 Tampa (Florida) Tribune 5 Apr. 6 b/4 Cellular mobile radio telephone service..could be the forerunner of Dick Tracy-like wrist telephones. wrist television n. ΚΠ 1972 D. Bloodworth Any Number can Play x. 81 I'm going to grow up into a millionaire cowboy with a two-way wrist-television and a formula car. C2. With the sense ‘of or pertaining to a wrist-band or sleeve-cuff’, as wrist-button, wrist-link, wrist-stud. ΚΠ 1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin xxx. 315 His wrist-buttons, his shirt-studs, the camelia in his coat. 1859 Habits Good Society iii. 142 Elaborate studs..and wrist-links, are all abominable. 1865 J. S. Le Fanu Guy Deverell II. 38 Having buttoned his jewelled wrist-studs in. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2822/2 Wrist-link, a link with connected buttons for the wristband or cuff. C3. In Cricket, etc., with the sense ‘effected or directed by means of wrist-work,’ as wrist hit, wrist-play (hence wrist-player, wrist-playing), wrist shot, wrist stroke. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres ball1483 through-pass1673 intercept1821 fielding1823 outfielding1851 wrist stroke1851 goalkeeping1856 shot1868 scrimmage1872 passing1882 save1883 touchback1884 angle shot1885 shooting1885 pass1887 line1891 tackling1893 feeding1897 centre1898 chip shot1899 glovework1906 back-lift1912 push pass1919 aerial1921 screen1921 ball-hawking1925 fast break1929 tackle1930 chip1939 screenshot1940 snapshot1961 hang time1969 one-two1969 blooter1976 passback1976 sidefoot1979 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > other batting actions backing-up1816 slip1833 wrist-play1851 leg before1867 follow-through1891 gardening1897 wrist-work1898 whip1903 back-lift1912 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [adjective] > types of batting cross-batted1577 steady1826 poking1836 free1851 wrist shot1851 fast-footed1853 wristy1867 stonewall1880 forcing1888 poky1888 firm-footed1907 back foot1936 1851 J. Pycroft Cricket Field vii. 141 All that is required is, straight play and a free wrist... Without wrist play there can be no good style of batting. 1862 J. Pycroft Cricket Tutor 19 Throwing back the bat to the bails..necessitates good wrist-play. 1867 J. Lillywhite's Cricketer's Comp. 105 A. G. Lee, capital wrist player. 1888 R. H. Lyttelton in A. G. Steel & R. H. Lyttelton Cricket (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) ii. 42 Players are not equally good both at the forward driving and the wrist-playing games. 1888 R. H. Lyttelton in A. G. Steel & R. H. Lyttelton Cricket (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) ii. 61 The cut..requires a very strong use of the wrist, and, like all wrist strokes, charms the spectator by accomplishing great results at the expense of apparently little effort. 1898 R. Kipling Day's Work 274 Hughes made some sort of quick wrist-stroke [in polo]. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 16 Apr. 2/1 The cut was not a wrist hit, but a vehement exhibition of energy. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 21 Mar. 10/1 A wrist shot that was remarkable. C4. Special combinations. † wrist-bender n. Obsolete a muscle which bends or controls the wrist. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscles of specific parts > [noun] > muscles of arm pronator1615 supinator1615 wrist-bender1634 bicepsa1641 teretipronator1657 pronator teres1713 teres major1713 teres minor1713 subanconeus1845 gun1973 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. 222 Both the Carpiflexores, or Wrest-benders, arise from the..inner processe. wrist-bone n. any one of the small bones of the wrist; a carpal bone. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of arm or leg > bones of arm > [noun] > bones of forearm > bones of wrist navicular?a1425 navicular bone?a1425 wrist-bone1552 carpus1686 scaphoid bone1741 pisiform bone1753 pisiform1808 trapezoid1828 trapezium1840 unciform1840 scaphoid1846 carpal1854 lunar1854 centrale1870 radiale1870 intermedium1878 lunar bone1887 capitate1889 triquetral bone1913 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Wreast bone of the hand, or arme, brachiale. 1612 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise ix. 29 The brawne of the arme must appeare full, shadowed on one side, then shew the wrist bone therof. 1825 W. Scott Talisman ii, in Tales Crusaders III. 29 The wrist-bones peculiarly large and strong. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 42 Two little carpal bones, or wrist-bones. 1889 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. VIII. 33/2 Odd cases of supernumerary wrist-bones. wrist clonus n. Pathology spasmodic contraction of the muscles of the hand, produced by sudden backward pressure. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > type of spasm > of specific muscles dog spasm1615 wry-mouth1661 risus sardonius1663 lifeblood1733 locked jaw1754 laryngismus1822 podism1858 blepharospasm1872 Saturday night palsy1887 wrist clonus1888 cardiospasm1896 pylorospasm1898 wrist jerk1899 histrionic spasm1912 main d'accoucheur1926 twister's cramp- 1888 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. VI. 771/2 A wrist clonus may be produced by a..forcible hyperextension of the wrist. wrist-drop n. Pathology an affection marked by inability to extend the hand and fingers, resulting from paralysis of the forearm extensor muscles; also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > [noun] > disorders of extremities > of the hand wrist-dropa1836 shakiness1862 washerwoman's fingers1894 a1836 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VII. 522 One of these consequences [of the use of lead] is..wrist-drop. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 693 The two commonest varieties—the wrist-drop type and the upper arm type. wrist-fall n. a drooping ruff or band (cf. fall n.² 30c) formerly worn about the wrist. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for arms > [noun] > covering for wrist > cuff > types of weeper1755 wrist-fall1890 1890 A. E. Barr Friend Olivia iii The lace wrist-falls and neck-bands. wrist-guide n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > pianoforte > device for keeping hands in position hand mould1819 chiroplast1842 piano monitor1842 chiro-gymnast1845 wrist-guide1861 1861 J. S. Adams 5000 Mus. Terms 108 Wrist Guide, that part of Logier's Chiroplast which guides the wrist. 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 90 The wrist-guide, by which the position of the wrist was preserved [in piano-playing] from inclination outwards. wrist jerk n. Pathology wrist clonus. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > type of spasm > of specific muscles dog spasm1615 wry-mouth1661 risus sardonius1663 lifeblood1733 locked jaw1754 laryngismus1822 podism1858 blepharospasm1872 Saturday night palsy1887 wrist clonus1888 cardiospasm1896 pylorospasm1898 wrist jerk1899 histrionic spasm1912 main d'accoucheur1926 twister's cramp- 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 700 The wrist and elbow jerks. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 191. wrist-length adj. (a) (of a glove) reaching as far as the wrist; (b) (see quot. 1957). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > of specific length foot-sideOE sideOE long-side1575 sidelong1575 nock-shorn1632 talarian1671 three-quarter1713 overknee1831 talaric1853 high water1856 ankle-length1876 long1882 hip-length1893 knee-length1895 thigh-length1895 fingertip1920 mid-calf1931 wrist-length1935 floor-length1939 cropped1954 waltz-length1958 two-thirds1963 calf-length1965 midi1968 1935 E. Farjeon Nursery in Nineties iv. iii. 172 Long evening gloves and wrist-length, kid and suède gloves! 1957 M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 382/2 Wrist length, length of coat or other garment, taken with arms hanging at sides, which reaches to wrist. 1963 Guardian 1 Feb. 9/7 Jackets are either straight and short to the hips or straight to wrist-length. wrist-pin n. Mechanics = 4b; also in combinations. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > parts of wheels > tooth coga1250 tooth?1523 sprocket1655 staff1659 leaf1675 wrong1688 round1731 wrist1864 whelp1875 wrist-pin1875 pinion leaf1881 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > parts of wheels > other projections spoke1648 wrist1864 wrist-pin1875 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2822/2 The wrist-pin is a truncate, conical, tubular piece attached to the crank-wheel by a bolt. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2822/2 Wrist-pin Turner, a machine for turning wrist-pins..or [for] the turning of journals. Categories » wrist-plate n. Mechanics an oscillating plate bearing one or more crank-pins or wrists on its face ( Cent. Dict.). wrist-slap n. slang a mild rebuke. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > mild > instance of a flap with a fox tail1553 rub1642 a slap in (or on) the face, in the eye, on the wrist1914 a tap on the wrist1973 wrist-slap1977 1977 M. Edelman Polit. Lang. viii. 148 Antitrust laws similarly sanction mergers and pricing agreements, with occasional token wrist slaps to keep the symbolism pure. 1979 Time 13 Aug. 36/3 Critical as the investigators may have been of the utility, the NRC itself got a wrist slap from Congress. wrist-slapping n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > mild wrist-slapping1958 1958 Times 24 May 4/2 This unusual example of mass wrist-slapping has been going on for a week. 1979 N. Slater Falcon viii. 141 There was no sherry decanter in evidence, no coffee... This was turning out to be a right old wrist-slapping session. wrist-spin n. Cricket spin imparted to a ball by the wrist; cf. finger spin n. at finger n. Compounds 2a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > motion of ball > specific curl1833 screw1840 devil1845 rise1845 work1846 break1851 spin1851 hang1866 bump1867 fire1888 leg-spin1888 air break1900 turn1900 underspin1901 off-spin1904 finger spin1905 swing1906 back-spin1916 outswing1921 inswing1927 away swing1936 wrist-spin1960 1960 E. W. Swanton W. Indies Revisited iii. 49 He is reputedly unhappy against wrist-spin. 1977 New Society 3 Feb. 246/2 Raffles was a leg-break bowler: can wrist-spin ever be really kosher? wrist-spinner n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > bowler > types of bowler slow bowler1823 fast bowler1828 bias bowler1854 round-arm1858 demon bowler1861 left-hander1864 chucker1882 lobster1889 slow1895 leg-breaker1904 speed merchant1913 leg-spinner1920 spin bowler1920 off-spinner1924 quickie1934 tweaker1935 swerve-bowler1944 pace bowler1947 seam bowler1948 spinner1951 seamer1952 wrist-spinner1957 outswinger1958 swing bowler1958 quick1960 stock bowler1968 paceman1972 leggy1979 1957 T. Bailey Cricket Bk. vi. 66/1 Bruce Dooland..clearly showed what destruction a top-class wrist-spinner can achieve in Championship cricket. 1977 Listener 5 May 588/1 Garfield Sobers—finger-spinner, wrist-spinner, seam-bowler. wrist-spinning n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > manner of bowling > specific fast bowling1816 lobbing1824 bias bowling1833 windmill1867 fast-medium1890 flick1897 whip1903 swerve-bowling1930 body line1933 tweaking1949 swing bowling1953 spin-bowling1955 seam-bowling1956 pace bowling1958 nip1963 wrist-spinning1963 1963 T. E. Bailey Improve your Cricket i. 31 Slow bowlers [from overseas] are more frequently of the wrist-spinning variety. wrist-watch n. a small watch worn in a wristlet or strap around the wrist. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > particular types of watch German watch1611 larum watch1619 clock-watch1625 minute watch1660 pendulum watch1664 watch1666 alarm watch1669 finger watch1679 string-watch1686 scout1688 balance-watch1690 hour-watch1697 warming-pan1699 minute pendulum watch1705 jewel watch1711 suit1718 repeater1725 Tompion1727 pendulum spring1728 second-watch1755 Geneva watch1756 cylinder-watch1765 watch-paper1777 ring watch1788 verge watch1792 watch lamp1823 hack1827 bull's-eye1833 vertical watch1838 quarter-repeater1840 turnip1840 hunting-watch1843 minute repeater1843 hunter1851 job watch1851 Geneva1852 watch-lining1856 touch watch1860 musical watch1864 lever1865 neep1866 verge1871 independent seconds watch1875 stem-winder1875 demi-hunter1884 fob-watch1884 three-quarter plate1884 wrist-watch1897 turnip-watch1898 sedan-chair watch1904 Rolex1922 Tank watch1923 strap watch1926 chatelaine watch1936 sedan clock1950 quartz watch1969 pulsar1970 1897 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign iv. 93 Field-glasses, wrist-watch, buckles, and buttons should be dulled. wrist-work n. flexure of the wrist, as in batting. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > other batting actions backing-up1816 slip1833 wrist-play1851 leg before1867 follow-through1891 gardening1897 wrist-work1898 whip1903 back-lift1912 1898 K. S. Ranjitsinhji With Stoddart's Team vii. 103 His cutting was hard and full of wrist work. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 3 June 3/2 There was any amount of wrist-work in his cutting. wrist-wrestler n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > [noun] > wrestler > types of sumo1864 sumotori1884 ozeki1892 sumo1893 yokozuna1894 rikishi1907 mud-wrestler1936 baby face1948 luchador1953 heel1958 wrist-wrestler1978 face1998 curtain jerker1999 1978 Detroit Free Press 16 Apr. 1 a/1 My uncle Gerald is a pretty good wrist wrestler. wrist-wrestling n. a contest of strength between two people, each trying to force the arm of the other person backwards (strictly by interlocking thumbs instead of gripping hands); arm-wrestling. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > [noun] > types of wrestling catch as catch cana1393 in-play1713 Cumberland and Westmorland (style, etc.)1823 Cornish wrestling1824 arm-wrestling1846 professional wrestling1884 sumo1893 all in1934 mud-wrestling1936 lucha libre1943 wrist-wrestling1973 1973 N.Y. Times 29 July x. 4/5 Wrist wrestling, also known as arm wrestling, has its real roots in Petaluma, Calif., where the world championship matches have been televised on ABC's Wide World of Sports for the past four years. 1978 Maclean's 12 June 62 It seems perfectly natural for a wristwrestling championship to be held in Timmins. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a940
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