What is to strain; to sprain; hence, to distort; to pervert. You wrenched your foot against a stone. Swift called?
wrench — To strain; to sprain; hence, to distort; to pervert. You wrenched your foot against a stone. Swift. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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