Wrest

rest, v. To turn, twist; esp., to twist or ex- tort by violence to pull or force away by violen'. wringing or twisting; to turn from truth, or twi#S from natural meaning by violence; to wring, pervert, distort. — n. Violent pulling and twisting; dir tortion. [AS. wrsestan, Ic. reist a, Dan. vriste, Ur linger or ink, then, boNboN. chair, eet. 706 WRETCH 686 wrest-, wreath, writhe, wrist.]— Wrest'er, n. — WreB'tle, res'l, v. [-tled (-Id), -tling.] To Contend, as 2 persons, by grappling together, and each striving to throw the other down to struggle, strive, contend n. A struggle between 2 to see which will throw the other down; a struggle. [ME. tarestlen, AS. wr tlian, freq. of wresC] — Wres'- tler Wretch, Wretched, etc. See under Wrack.