Definition for WRENCH

WRENCH, n.

  1. A violent twist, or a pull with twisting.
  2. A sprain; an injury by twisting; as in a joint. – Locke.
  3. An instrument for screwing or unscrewing iron work.
  4. Means of compulsion. [Not used.] – Bacon.
  5. In the plural, sleights; subtilties. [Obs.] – Chaucer.

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