v. t.
[ His steed ] so sweat that men might him wring. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
The king began to find where his shoe did wring him. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
The priest shall bring it [ a dove ] unto the altar, and wring off his head. Lev. i. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]
Too much grieved and wrung by an uneasy and strait fortune. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Didst thou taste but half the griefs
That wring my soul, thou couldst not talk thus coldly. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
How dare men thus wring the Scriptures? Whitgift. [ 1913 Webster ]
Your overkindness doth wring tears from me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
He rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece. Judg. vi. 38. [ 1913 Webster ]
To wring the widow from her 'customed right. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The merchant adventures have been often wronged and wringed to the quick. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To writhe; to twist, as with anguish. [ 1913 Webster ]
'T is all men's office to speak patience
To those that wring under the load of sorrow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Look where the sister of the king of France
Sits wringing of her hands, and beats her breast. Marlowe. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Shipbuilding) A bolt used by shipwrights, to bend and secure the planks against the timbers till they are fastened by bolts, spikes, or treenails; -- not to be confounded with ringbolt. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. & n. from Wring, v. [ 1913 Webster ]
Wringing machine,
n.;