wrench (rench)

[ Now there can not be in a maker a fowler fault then. to wrench his words to helpe his rime. .. IMG:content-2602.png:[blocks in formation] 3. To pull or draw with torsion; extract by twisting or tortuous action; hence, to wrest forcibly or violently. wren, willow - wren , wood - wren .) wren-babbler (ren'bab"ler), n. A babbler of small size or otherwise resembling a wren: in- discriminately applied to various such timeli- ine birds. See Alcippe , 2, babbler , 2, hill tit (under tit2), hill - wrens (under wren ), tit - babbler , motion; turn twistingly. [Rare.] Wrench his sword from him. Shak., Othello, v. 2. 288. To wrench it [a fixed opinion] out of their minds is hardly le difficult than pulling up an oak. Hawthorne , Seven Gables, xvi. and Timelia, with various cuts. [Also dial. wrinch;