Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for WRENCH
WRENCH, n.
- A violent twist, or a pull with twisting.
- A sprain; an injury by twisting; as in a joint. – Locke.
- An instrument for screwing or unscrewing iron work.
- Means of compulsion. [Not used.] – Bacon.
- In the plural, sleights; subtilties. [Obs.] – Chaucer.
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