Wring (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Wrung (?), Obs. Wringed (&?;); p. pr. &
vb. n. Wringing.] [OE. wringen, AS. wringan;
akin to LG. & D. wringen, OHG. ringan to struggle, G.
ringen, Sw. vränga to distort, Dan. vringle to
twist. Cf. Wrangle, Wrench, Wrong.]
1. To twist and compress; to turn and strain with
violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes
in washing. "Earnestly wringing Waverley's hand." Sir W.
Scott. "Wring him by the nose." Shak.
[His steed] so sweat that men might him
wring.
Chaucer.
The king began to find where his shoe did wring
him.
Bacon.
The priest shall bring it [a dove] unto the altar, and
wring off his head.
Lev. i. 15.
2. Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to
torture.
Too much grieved and wrung by an uneasy and strait
fortune.
Clarendon.
Didst thou taste but half the griefs
That wring my soul, thou couldst not talk thus coldly.
Addison.
3. To distort; to pervert; to wrest.
How dare men thus wring the Scriptures?
Whitgift.
4. To extract or obtain by twisting and
compressing; to squeeze or press (out); hence, to extort; to draw forth by
violence, or against resistance or repugnance; -- usually with out
or form.
Your overkindness doth wring tears from
me.
Shak.
He rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece
together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece.
Judg. vi. 38.
5. To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress,
in order to enforce compliance.
To wring the widow from her 'customed
right.
Shak.
The merchant adventures have been often wronged and
wringed to the quick.
Hayward.
6. (Naut.) To bend or strain out of its
position; as, to wring a mast.
Wring, v. i. To writhe; to twist, as
with anguish.
'T is all men's office to speak patience
To those that wring under the load of sorrow.
Shak.
Look where the sister of the king of France
Sits wringing of her hands, and beats her breast.
Marlowe.
Wring, n. A writhing, as in anguish; a
twisting; a griping. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Wring (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Wrung (?), Obs. Wringed (&?;); p. pr. &
vb. n. Wringing.] [OE. wringen, AS. wringan;
akin to LG. & D. wringen, OHG. ringan to struggle, G.
ringen, Sw. vränga to distort, Dan. vringle to
twist. Cf. Wrangle, Wrench, Wrong.]
1. To twist and compress; to turn and strain with
violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes
in washing. "Earnestly wringing Waverley's hand." Sir W.
Scott. "Wring him by the nose." Shak.
[His steed] so sweat that men might him
wring.
Chaucer.
The king began to find where his shoe did wring
him.
Bacon.
The priest shall bring it [a dove] unto the altar, and
wring off his head.
Lev. i. 15.
2. Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to
torture.
Too much grieved and wrung by an uneasy and strait
fortune.
Clarendon.
Didst thou taste but half the griefs
That wring my soul, thou couldst not talk thus coldly.
Addison.
3. To distort; to pervert; to wrest.
How dare men thus wring the Scriptures?
Whitgift.
4. To extract or obtain by twisting and
compressing; to squeeze or press (out); hence, to extort; to draw forth by
violence, or against resistance or repugnance; -- usually with out
or form.
Your overkindness doth wring tears from
me.
Shak.
He rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece
together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece.
Judg. vi. 38.
5. To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress,
in order to enforce compliance.
To wring the widow from her 'customed
right.
Shak.
The merchant adventures have been often wronged and
wringed to the quick.
Hayward.
6. (Naut.) To bend or strain out of its
position; as, to wring a mast.
Wring, v. i. To writhe; to twist, as
with anguish.
'T is all men's office to speak patience
To those that wring under the load of sorrow.
Shak.
Look where the sister of the king of France
Sits wringing of her hands, and beats her breast.
Marlowe.
Wring, n. A writhing, as in anguish; a
twisting; a griping. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
