Emily Dickinson Lexicon
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.]