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▪ I. ˈwringing, vbl. n.
[f. wring v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb, in various senses; the fact of being wrung.
c1350Will. Palerne 5452 Þer was siking.., weping & wringinge for wo at here hertes. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. cxii. (Bodl. MS.), Oile..renneþ þe better and þe clenner oute of þe draffe in the wringinge and pressinge. 1481[see wring v. 9 a]. 1548Patten Exped. Scotl. Pref. c iij, The peynfull wringing of so vneasie a yok. 1593Nashe Christ's T. To Rdr., He hath but a slight wringing by the eares. 1606J. Carpenter Solomon's Solace xiv. 57 The wringing of the shoo being knowne to him only which weareth it. 1611Bible Prov. xxx. 33 The wringing of the nose bringeth forth bloud. 1656Jeanes Mixt. Schol. Div. 156 With..wringing of hands, knocking of breasts, tearing of haire. 1706[see wresting vbl. n. 1]. 1718Chamberlayne Relig. Philos. I. 54 In this great Length of the Tube of the Bowels..no Body can encrease or diminish the Contractions or Wringings of the same. 1782V. Knox Ess. clxiv. (1819) III. 224 That wringing of the hands, beating of the breast. 1853Dickens Bleak Ho. lv, Her broken words, and her wringing of her hands. 1854R. S. Surtees Handley Cr. iv, The wringing of turkeys' necks.
b. fig. The action of wresting or taking forcefully; extortion.
1589Pasquil's Ret. C ij, Ready to suffer wrong without wringing of reuenge out of Gods hand. 1607Cowell Interpr., Extortion,..an vnlawfull..wringing of mony or mony worth from any man. 1611[see wresting vbl. n. 1 c].
c. With advs., as out, up.
1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 19 The wringing out of grapes to her husband. 1730Bailey (fol.), Extortion, an unlawful..wringing out of money..from any person. 1839H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall, etc. xi. 343 The miner..terms such points..of contact a nipping-in or wringing-up of the lode.
2. The action of squeezing or pressing water or moisture out of clothes, etc.; † the personal service of doing such. Also in fig. context.
1560Wills & Invent. N.C. (Surtees, 1835) 191 To find hym fyre and a chamber with all wessyng wry[n]ginge and one to help hym one with his clothes and of. 1587Sc. Acts, Jas. VI (1814) III. 508/1 Meit drink clething bedding wesching and wringing. 1626–7Knaresb. Wills (Surtees) II. 92 My keepinge with..washinge, wringinge and other necessaryes during my life. 1633G. Herbert Temple, Love Unknown 16 My heart..in a font..was dipt and di'd, And washt, and wrung: the very wringing yet Enforceth tears. 1821Scott Kenilw. ix, Breakfast shall be on the board in the wringing of a dishclout. 1845G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. IV. 96 The wringing [of wool]..is..effected thus. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. 2822/1 The ordinary wringing injures fine apparel.
†3. A griping or wringing pain, esp. in the intestines. Obs.
c1550H. Lloyd Treas. Health L iv, The rynde of the pyne apple tree..doth..take awaye the wryngyng of the bely. 1578Lyte Dodoens 235 The gryping paynes and wringings of the bellie. 1601Holland Pliny I. 445 The torments and wringing of the cholique. 1607[see wresting vbl. n. 2]. 1671Salmon Syn. Med. i. 83 The wringing of the Guts. 1721Bailey, To Verminate,..to have a griping or wringing in the Belly.
†b. The action or fact of feeling remorse, apprehension, or mistrust; an instance of this. Obs.
1613Shakes. Hen. VIII, ii. ii. 28 Doubts, wringing of the Conscience, Feares and despaires. 1633Fletcher & Shirley Nt. Walker i. i, No wringings in your mind now, as you love me. 1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) IV. 36 He beheld her, in the wringings of penitential desolation. Ibid. 41 The weight and wringing that was then at his heart.
4. Perversion; = wresting vbl. n. 2. ? Obs.
1565J. Calfhill Answ. Martiall v. 127 Hys wordes without wringing or wresting at all, be taken..to importe much lesse. 1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 279 Wordes in the Gospell, which (by wringyng and wrestyng) you doe accustome to force to your purpose. a1614D. Dyke Myst. Selfe-Deceiuing (1630) 222 Diuers such like wringings of Scripture. 1852A. Jameson Leg. Madonna 325 Without any wringing of the text for an especial purpose.
5. concr. In pl., that which is wrung out. Also fig.
1867Denison Astron. without Math. 168 That great law..prevents the whole earth and the sea..from flying in pieces like the wringings of a mop. 1886Browning in Maggs' Catal. March (1897) 48 The ‘quality of lying is not strained’ in this particular case, but droppeth ‘as should the wringings of a felon brain for the sake of a dollar’.
6. attrib., as † wringing point; wringing-machine, a machine for wringing clothes, etc., after washing; a wringer.
1637Walton in Wotton Reliq. (1651) 166 Then was Stigand, the Metropolitan,..fairly deposed, being too stiffe for the times: which was indeed the wringing point. 1833Loudon Encycl. Archit. §698 A washing and wringing machine. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade 417 Wringing-machine Maker.
▪ II. ˈwringing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
1.
†a. Of hands: That undergo wringing, squeezing, or pressing; wrung under distress. Obs.
a1225Leg. Kath. 2324 Heo..seh..wepmen & wummen, mid wringinde honden wepinde sare. 1579Hake Newes out of Powles (1872) B vj, Another cryes with wringing handes. 1596Roman Charity in Roxb. Ball. VIII. 6 With wringing hands and bitter teares, these words pronounced she. 1705Stanhope Paraphr. I. 73 Wringing Hands and Gnashing Teeth thenceforth and for ever.
b. quasi-adv. in wringing wet, very wet; so wet that moisture may be wrung out.
a1500Flower & Leaf 406 To drie here clothes that were wringing wete. 1570B. Googe Pop. Kingd. 49 b, Maydens..dabbled all with durt, and wringing wette. a1614Serm. Jude i, in Hooker's Wks. (1888) III. 665 A poor fisherman..with his clothes wringing wet. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies iii. i. 377 The wringing-wet Influence (as Houswives call it) of {male} and {female}. 1847Illustr. Lond. News 21 Aug. 128/2 Their handkerchiefs are ‘wringing-wet’. 1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 387 Then I clutch..a wringing wet blanket. 1901T. J. Alldridge Sherbro xxiii, Foot-sore, utterly exhausted, and wringing wet with perspiration.
2. That writhes or twists.
1597Deloney Gentle Craft ii. Wks. (1912) 81 The wrathfull Dragon with his long, wringing taile.
3. Causing pain, distress, or anguish; racking, distressing.
1576Fleming tr. Caius' Dogs (1880) 27 Nipping neede & wringing want. 1601Holland Pliny II. 250 The wringing pains in the bellie. 1653R. Sanders Physiogn. 188 A painfull wringing grief in the body after food. 1831James Phil. Augustus II. viii, One task..which, however wringing to my heart, must be completed. 1891H. Lynch G. Meredith 88 The wringing sorrows brought about by his own baseness.
b. Characterized by oppression or extortion.
1620[see wrestling ppl. a. 2]. 1814Byron Lara ii. viii, Many a wringing despot..Who work'd his wantonness in form of law.
c. Causing straining or stretching (of the fingers).
1676Mace Musick's Mon. 41 Therefore were they constrain'd to extreme hard, cross, and wringing Stops..upon the Finger-board. |