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Wringing of the hands, esp. in grief, despair, or anxiety; (more generally) the expression of such emotions; spec. the excessive or exaggerated…
The action of the verb, in various senses; the fact of being wrung.
(in quot. squeezing, wringing); also concrete (in plural): see quot. 1885.