Lexicon: wrench – wrinkle

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wrench, n. [OE wrenc < OHGr. renki, twist, sprain.]

wrench (-ed), v. [OE wrencan, twist, turn.]

wrenching, n. [see wrench, v. + -ing.]

wrest, v. [OE wræstan.]

wrestle (-d, -ing,-s), v. [OE *wræstlian.] (webplay: men, Strife, throw, word).

wrestler (-s), n. [OE] (webplay: men).

wretch, n. [OE wrecca; applied to the magi: exile, adventurer, knight errant.]

wretched, adj. [see wretch, n. + -ed.]

wring (wrung), v. [OE wringan.]

wrinkle (-s), n. [obscure origin, possibly a backformation of wrinkled, adj.]