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wringn.1

Brit. /rɪŋ/, U.S. /rɪŋ/
Forms: Also Old English, Middle English wringe, Middle English wrong, Middle English–1500s wrynge, 1800s ring.
Etymology: Old English wringe , < wringan wring v. Compare Old English wín-wringe.
1. A cider-press or wine press.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [noun] > wine-press
wringc890
pressour1348
press1373
calcatoryc1420
wine press1526
wine-vat1526
presser1570
vine-press1587
grape-press1615
the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > cider-making > [noun] > mill or press
wringc890
presser1570
pound1627
stone-case1664
ingenio1669
cider press1673
hopper axis1808
fruit-mill1874
c890 Wærferth tr. Gregory's Dial. 250 Sanctulus..brohte æmtige cyllan þyder to þære wringan.
a1350 in Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 28 Þy schroud red wyth blod..Ase troddares in wrynge.
a1350 in Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 28 Þe wrynge ich habbe y-trodded al mysulf on.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) xix. xxxviii Sourisshe þinges..bereþ doun þe mete as it were a pressoure oþer a wrynge.
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. i. 495 (Colchester MS.) Oilmylles, wheeles, wrynges,..I nyl not speke of nowe.
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. xi. 107 Erly sette on werkyng hem [sc. olives] the wrynge.
1532–3 in F. W. Weaver Wells Wills (1890) 155 The dragge, and the wrynge, and the vate.
1664 J. Newburgh in J. Evelyn Pomona in Sylva 42 The Cider, bottled immediately from the wring.
1844 W. Barnes Gloss. Dorset Dial. 370 Wring, a press, as a cider-wring.
1905 Eng. Dial. Dict. VI. 554/2 Cider from the wring.
2. A cheese-press.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [noun] > formation of cheese > cheese-press
cheese press1388
cheese-wring1526
wring1891
1670 in C. Worthy Devon. Wills (1896) 27 A cheese wring.]
1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. xvii. 226 The measured dripping of the whey from the wrings downstairs.
3. wring-house n. the house or shed where a cider- or cheese-wring is kept.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > cider-making > [noun] > mill or press > house for
cider-mill1688
pound house1796
wring-house1808
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [noun] > formation of cheese > cheese-press > building for
sweating-room1744
wring-house1808
1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon Concl. 472 Wring-house for making cider.
1842 G. P. R. Pulman Rustic Sketches 52 In th' ringhouse hard to work, Th' mill da grind.
1887 T. Hardy Woodlanders I. xiii. 229 His dwelling, cider-cellar, wring-house.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

wringn.2

Brit. /rɪŋ/, U.S. /rɪŋ/
Etymology: < wring v.
1.
a. The act of wringing, twisting, or writhing; an instance of this. Also figurative.
ΘΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [noun] > an act of
wresta1400
wringa1500
throwa1522
writhe1611
wry1616
twistlea1796
squinch1893
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxi. 260 Bot he that forsake, I shall gyf hym a wryng That his nek shall crak.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Garrot,..a wring, or pinch in the wythers.
1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.5) 230 The sighes, and teares, and blubbers, and wrings of a disconsolate mourner.
1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse iii. 45 My Brother has given it a wring by the Nose.
1768 T. Rawlins Familiar Archit. 17 Arch-Stones, if any Wring or unequal Pressure happen,..will naturally settle close to each other.
1889 Cent. Mag. May 85/1 She gave the shirt..a vicious wring.
figurative.1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge i. i. sig. A3v Haue I not crusht them with a cruell wring?1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxii. sig. M4v We sinke vnder the wring of sorrow.
b. The action of squeezing, pressing, or clasping; a squeeze or clasp of the hand.
ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > [noun] > gentle stroking with the hand > hand-pressing as affectionate gesture
wring1605
squeeze1736
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > greeting or salutation > gesture > handshake
handygriping1577
wring1605
handshaking1647
shruga1653
hand-griping1700
shake1712
shake-hands1800
handshake1802
handgrip1837
pump-handler1844
glad hand1895
1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles ii. i. D 4 b Yet do I vnderstand..your secret iogges and wringes; Your entercourse of glaunces.
1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. iii, in Wks. I. 239 A Wring by the hand, with a Banquet in a corner.
1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. iv, in Wks. I. 250 The Wring by the hand, and the Banquet is ours.
1621 R. Brathwait Times Curtaine Drawne sig. M8 A winke, a nodd,..a wringe, a kisse, Sent by some Childe.
1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain ii. xvii James, with one wring of the hand, retreated.
1894 J. A. Steuart In Day of Battle xvii I gave the good soul's hand a hearty Christian wring.
2. A sharp or griping pain, esp. in the intestines.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > pain in specific parts > [noun] > in stomach or bowels
womb achea1398
gnawing1398
torsionc1425
colicc1440
frettingc1440
the wormc1500
wringc1500
griping1526
wresting?1543
wringing?1550
bellyache1552
torment1578
colic passion1586
wind-colic1593
belly-thrawe1595
belly-grinding1597
fret1600
gripe1601
wrenching1607
mulligrubsa1625
bellywarka1652
torminaa1655
efferation1684
stomach-ache1763
gastrodynia1804
guts-ache1818
stony colic1822
wame-ill1829
gastralgia1834
tummy ache1926
c1500 Roulis Cursing 61 Ane of thir infirmiteis.., The stany wring, the stane and sand blind.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxviii. 195 Hens dung swallowed by hap, bringeth frets and wrings in the bellie.
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 220 An horse..sore vexed with a suddaine gripe or wring in his belly, fell down.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Trenchaison, a gripe, or a wring, as of the Chollicke, &c.
3. With down. That which is obtained by wringing.
ΘΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > production > product > that which is obtained by particular methods
wring1874
1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd II. xxii. 274 To look at the last wring-down of cider.
4. Combination wring-world.
Π
1885 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 99 But ah, but O thou terrible, why wouldst thou rude on me Thy wring-world right foot rock?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

wringv.

Brit. /rɪŋ/, U.S. /rɪŋ/
Forms: Past tense and participle wrung /rʌŋ/. Forms: infinitive Old English wringan, Middle English wringen, Middle English wryngen, Middle English wryngene, wryngyn, wringin; Middle English–1600s wringe (Middle English ringe), Middle English–1500s wrynge, wryng, Middle English wreng, Middle English– wring (1500s Scottish wrink-, 1600s–1700s, 1800s dialect ring). past tense Old English–1800s (now dialect) wrang, Middle English–1500s wrange (plural Old English wrungon, Middle English wrungen); Middle English–1600s wrong, Middle English–1500s wronge, 1500s wroong, wroung (plural Middle English wrongen, Middle English wrongon); Middle English– wrung (1500s wrunge). past participle Old English, Middle English wrungen, 1500s wrunge, 1500s– wrung (1700s rung); Middle English–1600s wrong, Middle English–1500s wronge (Middle English–1500s ywrong, Middle English y-, iwronge), wrongen, Middle English wrounge, 1500s wroung, wroong(e. weak past tense Middle English–1700s wringed; past participle 1500s–1600s wringed.
Etymology: Old English wringan (wrang , wrungon ; wrungen ), = Old Frisian *wringa (West Frisian wringe ), Old Saxon *wringan (in ûtwringan ; Middle Low German wringen , Low German wringen , ringen ), Middle Dutch and Dutch wringen , Old High German rinkan , ringan , ringen (Middle High German, German ringen ). Other grades of the stem wring- are represented by wrang wrong adj. and Gothic wruggō snare.
I. transitive.
1.
a. To press, squeeze, or twist (a moist substance, juicy fruit, etc.), esp. so as to drain or make dry. Also transferred and in figurative context. (Cf. to wring out 2 at Phrasal verbs.)
ΚΠ
c890 Wærferth tr. Gregory's Dial. 250 Witodlice hit gelamp..þa þa Langbeardisce mæn wrungon elebergan on þære treddan.
c1000 Ælfric Genesis xl. 11 Ic nam þa winberian & wrang on þæt fæt.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2064 Ðe beries ðor-inne [sc. a cup] me ðhugte ic wrong.
c1386 G. Chaucer Sir Thopas 65 His faire steede..So swatte, þat men myghte him wrynge, His sydes were al blood.
a1400 K. Alis. (W.) 333 Herbes he tok..And stamped heom in a morter; And wrong hit [Laud MS. wronge it out] in a box.
c1430 Two Cookery-Bks. 28 Take Molberys, and wrynge a gode hepe of hem þorw a cloþe.
c1485 Early Eng. Misc. (Warton Club) 75 Wrynge hit [sc. turnsole with glair] into a schelle.
?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 52 I haif a watter spunge for wa..Than wring I it full wylely.
1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 53 Protagines protraid Venus with a sponge..if once she wrong it, it would droppe blood.
1637 S. Rutherford Let. in Joshua Redivivus (1671) 147 God is wringing grapes of red wine for Scotland.
1662 R. Venables Experienc'd Angler vi. 65 Wash it [sc. moss] well,..wring it very dry.
1738 G. Smith tr. Laboratory v. 150 Pour the rest of the Milk to it,..then wring it through a Cloath.
1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery xvii. 147 Strain them [sc. elderberries] through a coarse Cloth, wringing the Berries.
1865 A. C. Swinburne Chastelard iii. i. 97 That your face Seen through my sleep has wrung mine eyes to tears For pure delight in you.
absolute.c1050 in Techmer Zeitschrift (1885) II. 123 Donne þu cyse habban wille, sete þonne þine twa handa togæþere bra[d]linga, swilce þu wringan wille.
b. To strain (juice, moisture, etc.) from a moist or wet substance by squeezing or torsion; to extract (fluid) from or out of something by pressure, etc. Occasionally in figurative context. Also with adverbs, as forth, out (sense to wring out 1 at Phrasal verbs).
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > action or process of extracting > extract liquid [verb (transitive)] > by pressure or squeezing
wringc888
to wring out1340
the world > matter > liquid > dryness > dry [verb (transitive)] > dry a moist substance by pressure
wringc888
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. §2 Ne meaht þu win wringan on mide winter.
c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 72 Genim þære ylcan wyrte leaf,..wyl on wætere, & wring þæt wos.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvii. clxxxviii Newe wyne þat is newe take oute of þe presse and wrong.
a1400 Leg. Rood (1871) 138 Cristes Cros ȝit spac þis speche: Furst was I presse wyn to wringe.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judges vi. 38 He wrange ye dew out of the flese.
1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health i. f. 11v We..distill the lycour wrynged forth.
1631 tr. J. A. Comenius Porta Linguarum Reserata xxxi. §383 Oyle is wringed and strained out of oliues.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 419 A Laundresse wringing Water out of a piece of linnen.
1746 J. Hervey Medit. among Tombs 42 The intolerable Pressure wrung Blood, instead of Sweat, from every Pore.
1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art i. 17 You have to..wring the honey and oil out of the rock.
1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. Prol. 14 Wringing the water from his coarse clothing.
in extended use.1652 H. Bell tr. M. Luther Colloquia Mensalia xxxv. 381 He wringeth from me a bitter sweat.
c. transferred. To force (tears) out of the eye, from a person, etc.; to squeeze out.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > weep for [verb (transitive)] > force out (tears)
wringa1395
a1395 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) i. lix He..somtyme wryngeth a tere oute of his eye.
1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iii. sig. H3 Art thou come..To wring more teares from Isabellas eies?
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge i. v. sig. C2v The gripe of chaunce is weake, to wring a teare, From him.
1683 J. Dryden & N. Lee Duke of Guise iii. i. 26 It wrings the Tears from Grillon's Iron Heart.
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xvii. 182 It is not, a small distress that can wring tears from these old eyes.
1815 H. H. Milman Fazio i. i 'Twere sin to charity To wring one drop of brine upon thy corpse.
a1821 J. Keats Otho iii. ii, in R. M. Milnes Life, Lett. & Lit. Remains Keats (1848) II. 164 A foolish dream that from my brow hath wrung A wrathful dew.
2.
a. To twist, writhe, or wrest (a person or thing); to force (a limb, etc.) round or about so as to cause a sprain or pain.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (transitive)]
wresta1000
throwOE
twingec1000
wringc1000
wrench?c1225
writhec1400
wreathec1425
wryc1460
screw1600
twist1769
the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > twist
wringc1000
the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (reflexive)] > twist
wringc1000
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (reflexive)]
winda1400
wring1548
writhe?1569
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > fit out or equip > rig > furnish with masts > strain by setting shrouds too tight
wring1815
c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 196 Teoh him þa loccas, & wringe þa earan & þone wangbeard twiccige.
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. vii. 162 Hongur..hente wastor bi þe mawe, And wrong him..be þe wombe.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 104 The foxe..grepe the wulf fast by the colyons. And he wronge hem so sore that [etc.].
a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 1014 By the nose I schall the wryng, Thow berdles gadlyng.
a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Giv Iche shall wrynge the..on the wryst.
1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 114 After they had chaffed his temples.., wrong hys little finger [etc.].
1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 i. iv. v. 338 He wrung her throat so straitly betweene both his armes, that [etc.].
1633 G. Herbert Agony in Temple ii There shall he see a man..wrung with pains.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 137. ⁋3 Let me wring your Neck round your Shoulders.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) To Twist a Horse, is violently to wring or twist his Testicles twice about, which causes them to dry up, and deprives them of Nourishment.
1815 W. Burney Falconer's New Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) To Wring a Mast, is to bend or strain it out of its natural position by setting the shrouds up too taught.
1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf viii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 158 It's but wringing the head o' him about at last.
1839 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 64 The memlook..began to wring it [sc. another's ear] by little and little.
1881 ‘Rita’ My Lady Coquette xix I shall wring that Budd's neck if he comes in my way.
reflexive.1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. clxxj The commen people..wrong them selfes by the berdes.figurative.1900 J. L. Allen Increasing Purpose iv. 39 His heart-strings were twisted tight and wrung sore this day.
b. To contract or contort (the features, etc.); to screw, distort, turn awry.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > face with expression [verb (transitive)] > distort
wringa1300
fleer?a1400
writhec1425
cringe1594
screw1601
scringe1608
grin1681
to screw up1692
prim1707
frown1775
wring1806
wreathe1813
squinch1840
a1300 K. Horn (Cambr.) 1062 Horn tok burdon & scrippe, & wrong his lippe.
1576 G. Whetstone Garden of Vnthriftinesse 83 in Rocke of Regard She wroung her mouth awry.
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge i. v. sig. C2v Would'st haue me..wring my face with mimick action?
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 141 When he fauneth vpon a man he [sc. a dog] wringeth his sknne [sic] in the forehead.
1665 J. Wilson Projectors i. i. 8 Do you not observe Sir, how hard he wrings his brows?
1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. xxxi. 362 When pain and anguish wring the brow.
1885 R. L. Stevenson & F. Stevenson Dynamiter 184 The white face..wrung with unspoken thoughts.
c. To twist or force (the features) into or to a smile, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > face with expression [verb (transitive)] > distort
wringa1300
fleer?a1400
writhec1425
cringe1594
screw1601
scringe1608
grin1681
to screw up1692
prim1707
frown1775
wring1806
wreathe1813
squinch1840
1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vii. 159 The necessity..of wringing your features into a smirk, in addressing a poltroon.
1827 T. Hood Plea Midsummer Fairies xciv, in Plea Midsummer Fairies & Other Poems 48 To hope my solemn countenance to wring To idiot smiles!
3.
a. To twist (a wet garment, cloth, etc.) in the hands, so as to force out water; also in modern use, to pass through a wringer. Occasionally in figurative context. Also with away (quot. 1728).
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > wash clothes [verb (intransitive)] > wring
wringc1300
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > wash clothes [verb (transitive)] > wring
wringc1300
to wring outa1400
wind1624
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1233 He sholen hire cloþen washen and wringen.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiv. 18 Dowel shal wasshen it [sc. a coat] and wryngen it þorw a wys confessour.
c1425 MS. Sloane 73 f. 201 [When] þat þou moystist it þus..loke þat þou wrynge it clene.
?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) II. lf. 246v After she toke oute the sherte appertly And wronge hit.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 785/2 I wringe..a clothe that is wete.
1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales xi. x. 152 The presses were wrung, the vessels flowed with wine.
1633 J. Ford 'Tis Pitty shee's Whore iii. sig. F4 v My whole body is in a sweat, that you may wring my shirt; feele here.
1684 R. Boyle Exper. Porosity of Bodies iii. 11 To purify Quicksilver by tying it up strictly in a piece of kids..leather, and then wringing it hard to force it out.
1728 A. Ramsay Last Speech Miser in Poems II. vii I never..wrung away my sarks with washing.
1732 J. Swift Let. to J. Brandreth 30 June Take care of damps;..if a stocking happens to fall off a chair, you may wring it next morning.
1812 J. Wilson Isle of Palms ii. 283 Weeping, she wrings his dripping hair.
1874 J. S. Blackie On Self-culture 51 A wet sheet, dipped in water, and well wrung.
absolute.c1425 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 275 A woman ys a worthy thyng: They dothe washe and dothe wrynge.1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 32 Maides wash wel & wring well.1635 Life & Death Long Meg Westm. ii. 5 She had been..used..to hard labour, as to wash, to wring.
b. To clasp and twist (the hands or fingers) together, esp. in token or by reason of distress or pain.In very frequent use from c1300.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > other manifestations of sorrow > manifest sorrow [verb (intransitive)] > wring hands
wringc1290
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > other manifestations of sorrow > manifest sorrow [verb (transitive)] > wring (hands)
wringc1290
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 43/303 He weop and criede and wrong is hondene.
a1300 K. Horn (Cambr.) 980 Hire fingres [Harl. hondes] he gan wringe.
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. v. 68 Wroþliche he wrong his fust.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 23960 Hir louelie fingris ho did wringe.
a1440 Sir Eglam. 815 They weptyn faste and wrang ther hande.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 37 There had you seen..many a hande wrongen.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cclxx. 165/1 They wronge their handes and tare their heeres.
1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle iv. sig. H3v Come you whose loues are dead,..Weepe and wring Euery hand and every head.
1659 W. Chamberlayne Pharonnida iii. ii. sig. N8v Her hands Wringing each others Ivory Joynts.
1749 T. Smollett Regicide iv. v. 56 Wherefore dost thou wring thy tender Hands?
1798 M. Edgeworth & R. L. Edgeworth Pract. Educ. I. iii. 83 Persons in violent grief wring their hands and convulse their countenances.
1845 J. C. Mangan Anthologia Germanica I. 162 She wrang her hands till blood gushed forth.
1884 F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer (ed. 2) I. 89 He wrung his fingers together and breathed hard.
in extended use.1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xii. 109 The wind sawed... The shrubs wrung their many hands.absolute.a1300 Cursor Mundi 23960 I se him hang, I se hir wring.c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 1212 Lat hym care and wepe and wryng and waille.c1430 Pol., Rel. & L. Poems (1903) 236 I wringe & wepe as þing for-lorn.1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 126v Shee wrong, and wept a pace.
4.
a. Of a tight shoe or boot: to press painfully upon (the foot, toe, etc.); to hurt (a person) in this way; = pinch v. 1b.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > affect with type of pain [verb (transitive)] > pinch > specifically of footwear
wringc1449
pinch1574
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 347 The schoon schulden be so narowe, that thei schulden needis wringe his sones feet into greet peyne.
1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus iv. vii. sig. Xiij Doth thy shoe wrynge the?
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 265 Is not this a goodly shooe?..yet..neuer a one of you can tell where it wringeth me.
1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. i. 11 Hee bought a paire of Bootes, whereof the one was so straite that it wrong his legge and foote verie sore.
1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1620) ii. 223 I know where my shoo wrings me.
1678 T. Otway Friendship in Fashion iv. 51 Quit her! as chearfully, as I would a Shooe that wrings me.
1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) I. 297/2 None knows where it [a shoe] wrings him but he that wears it.
1831 R. Lower Tom Cladpole's Jurney xxiv I gun to feel..De haboot ring ma toe.
b. In figurative contexts; esp. in the proverbial phrase to know where the shoe wrings one, or variants of this: cf. pinch v. 1b.
ΚΠ
c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 341 I woot best wher wryngeth me my sho.
c1386 G. Chaucer Wife's Prol. 492 He sat ful ofte and song Whan þat his shoo ful bitterly hym wrong.
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. v. sig. Hiiv My selfe can tell best, where my shoe doth wryng me.
1584 T. Lodge Alarum against Vsurers E iij b We shall finde whereas their shooe wringeth them.
1602 T. Dekker Blurt Master-Constable sig. A4v I haue a shooe wrings me to' th heart.
1654 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Bentivoglio Compl. Hist. Warrs Flanders 253 Here it is that the King of Spains shoe wrings him.
1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 314 They see where the shoo wrings him.
c. absol., esp. in figurative or proverbial use.
ΚΠ
1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 99 I see that others may gesse where the shooe wrings, besides him that weares it.
1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. F2v As he were a Coblers eldest sonne, [he] would by the laste tell where anothers shooe wrings.
1609 S. Rowlands Whole Crew Kind Gossips 4 Little do you know where my shoo wrings.
1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid ii. xxv. 149 He that weareth the shooes knoweth where they wring.
1887 Brighouse News 23 July (E.D.D.) Every man knows best where his shoe wrings.
5.
a. To cause anguish or distress to (a person, his heart, etc.); to vex, distress, rack.In frequent use from c1780, esp. with heart.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > cause of mental anguish or torment > cause anguish to or torment [verb (transitive)]
quelmeOE
eatc1000
martyrOE
fretc1175
woundc1175
to-fret?c1225
gnawc1230
to-traya1250
torment1297
renda1333
anguish1340
grindc1350
wringc1374
debreakc1384
ofpinec1390
rivea1400
urn1488
reboil1528
whip1530
cruciate1532
pinch1548
spur-galla1555
agonize1570
rack1576
cut1582
excruciate1590
scorchc1595
discruciate1596
butcher1597
split1597
torture1598
lacerate1600
harrow1603
hell1614
to eat upa1616
arrow1628
martyrize1652
percruciate1656
tear1666
crucify1702
flay1782
wrench1798
kill1800
to cut up1843
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 1531 So hard hym wrong of sharp desir þe peyne.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 91 If that thou fiele That love wringe thee to sore, Behold Ovide and take his lore.
a1535 J. Fisher Serm. Good Friday in Spirituall Consol. (?1578) sig. H.vjv A penitent soule, yt is sore prest and wrong with vtter shame.
1575 G. Gascoigne Dan Bartholmew vi In deede the rage which wrong him there, was rathe.
1614 G. Wither Epigr. in Juvenilia v. 6 Where only thine own guiltinesse doth wring thee.
1648 Hunting of Fox 32 Every word hath its weight, and secretly wrings those lay-Levites.
1746 P. Francis tr. Horace Art of Poetry 158 For Nature..Wrings the sad Soul, and bends it down to Earth.
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. ix. 133 Though he has wrung my heart,..that shall never inspire me with vengeance.
1831 G. P. R. James Philip Augustus III. ii Even the sunbeam..seemed but given to wring him [sc. a prisoner] with the memory of sweets he could not taste.
1845 J. C. Mangan Anthologia Germanica I. 161 Remorse may wring thy soul too late!
1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 79 I must tell you all, Howe'er it wring my heart.
absolute.1553 R. Ascham Rep. Affaires Germany 23 His talke is alwayes so accompanied with discression.., as he neither biteth with wordes, nor wringeth with deedes.a1893 C. Rossetti Poems (1904) 215/1 O faces unforgotten! if to part Wrung sore, what will it be to re-embrace?
b. To affect (a person, etc.) with bodily pain, hurt, or damage (sometimes spec. by torsion or pressure); to hurt, harm, or injure. Now dialect or archaic (after Shakespeare).
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (intransitive)]
derec888
wringa1529
strikea1535
the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)]
derec888
marc1275
hurt1297
shond1338
teenc1380
offendc1425
tamec1430
wreakc1440
supprisea1450
mischiefc1450
mischieve1465
wringa1529
strikea1535
danger1538
bemarc1540
violate1551
damnify?a1562
injury1579
aggrievea1716
crock1846
society > authority > punishment > torture > [verb (transitive)] > press (to death)
pressc1400
wringa1529
cramp?1554
impress1651
the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > affect with type of pain [verb (transitive)] > pinch
twitchc1410
strain1426
wringa1529
pinch1548
bepinch1612
nipskin1620
a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Fiiii Howe ye gowte wryngeth me by the too.
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Constrictus The mouthe wrounge with the bytte.
1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 13v Wring not a horse on the withers, with a false saddle.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 55 After they had first wrung their foreheads with twisted ropes.
1623 St. Papers, Col. 217 [Stale cider] doth extraordinarily wring the belly.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 176 Being wrung by her Pain.
1711 London Gaz. No. 4886/4 Rung with the Fetters on the white Foot, and rung a little on the Shoulders.
1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xvi. 195 When scalding Thirst their burning Bowels wrings.
1882 Notes & Queries 29 July 94/1 My clothes wring me.
1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. 192 I wrung my shoulder with carrying a twenty-stale ladder.
absolute.1575 G. Gascoigne Complaint Greene Knight in Posies 183 A peece which shot..so streight, It neyther bruzed with recule, nor wroong with ouerweight.figurative and in figurative contexts.1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 85v For deny I will not, that I am wrong on the withers.1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. i. 6 Poore iade is wroong in the withers. View more context for this quotation1888 E. Gosse Life Congreve 3 It wrung the withers of the poets of Collier's day.
c. To distress or afflict (a person) by exaction, severity, etc.; to oppress, keep down.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > oppression > oppress [verb (transitive)]
ofsiteOE
forthringOE
overlayOE
ofsetOE
to tread down, under foot, in the mire, to the ground, to piecesc1175
overseta1200
defoulc1300
oppressa1382
overpressa1382
overchargec1390
overleadc1390
overliea1393
thringa1400
overcarkc1400
to grind the faces (occasionally face) ofa1425
press?a1425
downthringc1430
vicea1525
tread1526
to hold (also keep, bring, put) one's nose to the grindstonea1533
tyrannizea1533
wring1550
downpress1579
bepress1591
defoil1601
ingrate1604
crush1611
grinda1626
macerate1637
trample1646
1550 T. Becon Fortresse of Faythfull c iiij Thus ye pore people be so wrounge of these ungentle gentlemen, yt the selye soules are lyke unto dry haddockes.
1599 in T. Fowler Hist. Corpus Christi Coll. (1893) 352 So as you [do not]..wring your Tenants in such sort for your private gain.
1613 Princess Elizabeth in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. III. 232 My Lorde, I have not bin forward to wringe you with requests.
a1618 J. Sylvester Iob Triumphant in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 934 The meanest Groom I saw, I feared so, I durst not wring, nor wrong, Nor wrangle with.
1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 13 Bare Existence, Man, to live ordain'd, Wrings, and oppresses with enormous weight.
†d. To press or ply (a person) with argument or confutation. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > put forward [verb (transitive)] > attack with arguments
objectc1460
assaila1500
assault1551
wring1567
contestate?1572
question1613
join1632
contest1663
concert1689
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > argue about, dispute [verb (transitive)] > persistently
to stick with ——1529
wring1567
1567 Harding in Jewel Def. Apol. 2 What doo Heretikes when they are vrged and wroonge, when by force of arguments they are straighted.
1646 J. Trapp Brief Comm. John viii. 7 Thus our Saviour wrings those supercilious and censorious hypocrites.
6.
a. To wrench or wrest out of position or relation; to cause to change place by turning or twisting. Const. with adverbs, as apart, asunder, or prepositions, as from, off, out of.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > by twisting, wrenching, or turning
wringc1330
writhea1393
wrya1586
wrench1697
twist1785
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (reflexive)] > by wrenching or twisting
wringc1330
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 3262 His stirops he made him tine, To grounde he him wrong.
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xi. xiii. sig. 9viv Thonder dystroyeth hye trees and wryngyth [MSS. roteþ] theym out of the grounde.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Lev. i. 15 The prest shal..wrynge the neck of it a sunder.
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. iv. sig. C.jv He wrong a club..out of the hande of Belzebub.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxv. 441 I will..wring a sunder the yron barres [= Isaiah xlv. 2].
1635 Long Meg Westm. xx Meg..did wring the stick out of his hands.
1699 T. Allison Acct. Voy. Archangel 18 Our Rudder Head was wrung in peices.
a1784 in Child Ballads III. 480/1 His neck in twa I wat they hae wrung.
1857 G. Borrow Romany Rye II. x. 131 My mouth being slightly wrung aside, and my complexion rather swarthy.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island ii. xi. 92 I'll wring his calf's head off his body.
figurative and in figurative contexts.1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Pref. sig. B j Godly Counsaillours, whom..this wicked rable found meanes to wryng out of fauour.1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 37 Now you haue my opinion, you must not think to wring me from it.a1592 R. Greene Alcida (1617) sig. E4 Faith is the key that shuts the spring of loue, Lightnesse a wrest, that wringeth all awry.1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna x. xli. 232 Who the life from both their hearts can wring.?c1830 Bryant The Past v My spirit..struggles hard to wring Thy bolts apart.1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 51 Each kindly wrench that wrung From life's tree its inmost virtue.reflexive.a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) VIII. 127 To wring themselves out of God's hand by annihilation.
b. To bring out (words, etc.) with effort.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > speak with effort or difficulty
to shove out?c1225
wringa1350
a1350 in Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 34 Þou wringest mani wrang word Wiþ wanges ful wete.
1633 G. Herbert Praise in Temple No. 3. i Lord, I will..speak thy praise,..Then will I wring it with a sigh or grone.
1820 J. Keats Ode to Psyche in Lamia & Other Poems 117 Hear these tuneless numbers, wrung By sweet enforcement and remembrance dear.
7.
a. To acquire or gain (money, property, a right, etc.) by exaction or extortion; to wrest or wrench from or out of a person, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > extortion > practise extortion on [verb (transitive)] > extort
wringa1300
bribec1405
compela1500
extort1529
poll1559
wrest1565
scruze1590
rack1591
strain1600
squeeze1602
extorque1623
squeeze1639
screw1648
sponge1686
pinch1770
strike1894
a1300 Sarmun in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 3 Þe wrecchis wringit þe mok so fast; up ham silf hi nul noȝt spend.
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 583 Flecto, to wrynge mony.
1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Matius in Panoplie Epist. 113 All which priuileges..they..do what they can to wrest and wring from us.
1594 W. West Symbolæogr.: 2nd Pt. §215 Those offences..are committed when any..wringeth money or other things from another man.
1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 367 That Marquisate of Saluzzes..which Henry the fourth of France wrung from him.
1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum at Extort To wrest, wring or get out of one by force, threat or authority.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. vii*. 125 Hard hands have wrung from me my goods, my money, my ships.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xxii. 727 To wring taxes out of the distressed population.
1874 F. W. Farrar Silence & Voices of God i. 15 The fields which the usurer has wrung from the orphan.
absolute.1582 C. Fetherston Dialogue agaynst Dauncing sig. A4 The extorcioner wresteth and wringeth, to the ende he may augment his gaines.figurative and in extended use.1596 E. Spenser View State Ireland in Wks. (Globe) 620 How hardly that Act of Parliament was wronge out of them.1608–11 Bp. J. Hall Epist. i. Ep. Ded. It were well..if I could wring ought from my selfe not vnworthie of a iudicious Reader.1828 T. Carlyle Burns in Edinb. Rev. Dec. 286 They will wring from Fate another hour of wassail and good cheer.1842 J. Wilson Christopher North (1857) I. 160 To wring from the very soil more than it could produce.1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 464 The pressure which had wrung from him the only good acts of his whole reign.
b. To exact, extort, or draw (an admission, consent, etc.) from or out of a person, etc.In frequent use from c1830.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] > draw out or gain by compulsion or force
wringc1444
throwa1500
extort?1545
express1547
wrest1565
evict1567
extract1599
squeeze1602
screw1622
evince1631
grind1790
force1817
slug1974
c1444 R. Pecock Donet 140 Prechers ben woned to wrynge oute of a worde alle maters whiche to hem liken, bi wrasting of sillablis and of lettris.
1588 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (new ed.) ii. vii. 213 At the common Law, Nemo tenebatur prodere seipsum, and then his fault was not to be wrung out of himselfe, but [etc.].
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 41 The Lord doth not so..to wring from him some tearmes of homage.
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1199 [They] constrain'd the bride To wring from me..my secret. View more context for this quotation
1721 E. Young Revenge ii. i I wrung a promise from him he would try.
1792 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. i. 352 To wring the slow surrender from his tongue.
1833 H. Martineau Brooke & Brooke Farm (ed. 3) vi. 79 I was determined no enemy should wring a complaint out of me.
1864 G. A. Lawrence Maurice Dering II. 83 The gay dare-devilry of the man wrung from both..admiration.
1892 Speaker 3 Sept. 293 These are not admissions wrung by the energy of his opponents from Mr. Huxley.
in extended use.1813 P. B. Shelley Falsehood & Vice in Queen Mab 134 The stifled moan Wrung from a nation's miseries.figurative.1853 F. D. Maurice Prophets & Kings Old Test. xxv. 441 Wringing out of texts or symbols..the proof of some New Testament revelation.
8.
a. To press, clasp, or shake (a person's hand); to press (a person) by the hand; to shake hands with.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > caress [verb (transitive)] > press or squeeze the hand as gesture of affection
wringa1535
press1684
squeeze1688
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use courteous actions or expressions to [verb (transitive)] > greet or salute > shake hands with or a person's hand
strain1518
wringa1535
to shake (a person's) hand1540
pumphandle1851
duke1865
pump1912
handshake1920
a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. sig. F.iiv One toke ye other by ye typ of ye finger, for hand woulde there none be wrongen throwe ye grate.
1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 57v So wringing hir by the hand, he ended.
1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. iii. sig. E3 Il'e..wring thy fingers with an ardent gripe.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1673 (1955) IV. 20 Wringing me by the hand.
1713 J. Addison Cato i. iv The good old King at parting wrung my hand.
1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf xviii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 332 Langley took his hand, and..wrung it hard.
1848 C. Dickens Dombey & Son l. 499 Mr. Toots..wringing Walter by the hand.
1883 D. C. Murray Hearts iii He shook hands with Tom, wringing his hand harder than he knew.
b. To squeeze or compress together. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > compress or constrict
thrumc1275
constrainc1374
nip1381
rinea1398
compress1398
withstrainc1400
coarctc1420
pincha1425
strain1426
nipe1440
thrumble1513
comprime?1541
astrict1548
sneap1598
cling1601
wring1603
constringe1609
coarctate1620
compinge1621
choke1635
compel1657
cramp1673
hunch1738
constrict1759
tighten1853
scrunch1861
throttle1863
1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1891) i. 3 He Joyned in on Mappe..the [four] greate sheeres [= shires]..by reason whereof he was forced to wringe them..neere together.
9.
a. To subject (something) to a writhing, wresting, or turning movement; to press, drive, or impel in this way. Occasionally figurative or in figurative context. Also with prepositions, as in, into, upon.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > by or with spiral or tortuous movement
wringa1400
screw1635
worma1861
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (transitive)] > subject to writhing movement
wringa1400
a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 2383 His spores he gynneþ in horse wrynge.
1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xlix. 190 He wrang his fystes and brake the cordes al a sonder.
1565 J. Hall Courte of Vertue 73 b Of wexe they make scripture a nose, To turne and wryng it evry waye.
1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie Peroration 231 In tormenting the minde, and wringing it to the worst.
1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xiii. xxv. 329 If you wring a testor vpon ones forehead, it will seeme to sticke, when it is taken awaie.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. ii. sig. P2 Wringing [1593 wrieng] her waste, and thrusting out her chinne.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 135 It is a hint That wrings mine eyes too't. View more context for this quotation
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Wringh-aersen, to Wringe, or Friggle the taile.
1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 62 They must..wring their figures into every shape of distress.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor viii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 114 And is it true then,..that the bridegroom's face was wrung round ahint him?
1862 E. B. Browning Little Mattie iii Her lips you cannot wring Into saying a word more.
in extended use.1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) vii. 28 [He] wringed his strock atte the pullyng out ayen, that he made of his swerde.
b. To wrest or twist (a writing, words, etc.); to strain the purport or meaning of; to deflect, pevert; = wrest v. 5.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > pervert or distort [verb (transitive)]
crooka1340
deprave1382
pervertc1390
strainc1449
drawc1450
miswrest?a1475
bewrya1522
wry?1521
to make a Welshman's hose ofa1529
writhea1533
wrest1533
invert1534
wring?1541
depravate1548
rack1548
violent1549
wrench1549
train1551
wreathe1556
throw1558
detorta1575
shuffle1589
wriggle1593
distortc1595
to put, set, place, etc. on the rack1599
twine1600
wire-draw1610
monstrify1617
screw1628
corrupt1630
gloss1638
torture1648
force1662
vex1678
refract1700
warp1717
to put a force upon1729
twist1821
ply1988
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. v. 31 Wily-man and wittiman and waryn wrynge-lawe.]
1546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. b.iiiiv Wryngyng & wrestynge the Scriptures.
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions iii. 12 Is it not he which wringeth the writer, and wreasteth his meaning?
1606 S. Gardiner Bk. Angling 109 By this wringing the Scripture and causing it to bleede.
1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 19 By wringing the collective allegory of those seven Angels into seven single Rochets.
1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 8 [God's] commands and words..are not to be so strictly wrung, as [etc.].
absolute.?1541 M. Coverdale Confut. Standish sig. dvijv Thus make ye of gods holy scripture, as shipmans hose, wresting and wringing to what purpose ye will.1564 J. Martiall Treat. Crosse f. 84 Lett hereticks wringe and wrest as longe as they list, to wise men they shal neuer be hable to persuade the contrarie.
c. To turn or deflect (a matter) into or to something; to convert. ? Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > transform [verb (transitive)]
wendOE
forshapeOE
workOE
awendOE
makec1175
turna1200
forwenda1325
change1340
shape1362
transmewc1374
transposec1380
puta1382
convertc1384
exchangea1400
remue?a1400
makea1425
reduce?a1425
removec1425
resolvea1450
transvertc1450
overchangec1480
mew1512
transmutea1513
wring1524
reduct1548
transform1556
innovate1561
metamorphose1576
transume1579
metamorphize1587
transmove1590
transchangea1599
transfashion1601
deflect1613
fordo1624
entail1628
transmutate1632
distila1637
to make much (also little, something, nothing, etc.) of1637
transqualify1652
unconvert1654
simulate1658
spend1668
transverse1687
hocus-pocus1774
mutate1796
fancy1801
to change around1871
metamorphosize1888
catalyse1944
morph1996
1524 T. More Let. 29 Nov. in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 152 To wryng and wreste the maters in to bettre trayne, if they walke a wrye.
1848 L. Hunt tr. F. Bacon in Jar of Honey p. xvii So are those doctrines best and sweetest which..are not wrung into controversies and common-places.
†d. To incline or dispose (a person); to bend or divert to something. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > be disposed or inclined to [verb (transitive)] > predispose a person to something
inclinec1350
wrestc1374
wring1528
poise1586
preponderate1642
set1909
1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iii, in Wks. 210/1 Our harte euer thinketh the iudgement wrong, that wringeth us to the worse.
1553 R. Ascham Rep. Affaires Germany 6 b Octauio was euermore wrong to the worse by many and sundry spites.
1579 E. Hake Newes out of Powles Churchyarde newly Renued i. sig. B2 Ofte tymes by force they wrest and wring him to their handes.
e. To wreathe, twist, or coil (something flexible); to wind or dispose in coils.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)]
writheOE
foldc1330
wrall1398
wreathec1425
enrol1530
twind1548
involve1555
wring1585
invilup1592
rolla1616
entortill1641
convolve1650
coila1691
circumflex1851
serpentine1883
convolute1887
swirl1902
whorl1904
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xvi. 50 b Another great columne..in forme of three serpents, wrong one within another.
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 29 b/1 Cause the patient gentlye to wring about his neck a table naptkinne or a towell.
1623 tr. A. Favyn Theater of Honour & Knight-hood iv. iii. 3 That is to say, a Serpent writhed or wrung together.
1837 A. Tennent Vis. Glencoe 49 Some in coils their forms did wring, As when the deadly serpent's spring Insures its victim's doom.
1896 ‘M. Field’ Attila iv. 107 She catches hold of her own veil and wrings it round her head.
†10. reflexive. To wriggle or insinuate (oneself) into a place, favour, etc. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (reflexive)] > surreptitiously or subtly
wringa1525
shuffle1565
wreathea1571
insinuate1598
conveya1656
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > curry favour [verb (reflexive)] > get into by
wringa1525
screw1602
a1525 Vergilius in W. J. Thoms Early Eng. Prose Romances (1858) II. 27 The deuyll wrange hym selfe into the lytell hole ayen.
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. D v They wring themselues into his good opinion ere he be aware.
1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iii. sig. F2v Niggard life Hath but one little, little wicket through. We wring our selues into this wretched world..to curse and raile.
1621 J. Taylor Superbiæ Flagellum sig. D7v These vipers..proudly make humility a screw, To wring themselues into opinions view.
II. intransitive.
†11.
a. To flow or run out under pressure; to issue. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > emit liquid [verb (intransitive)] > be emitted > under pressure
wring?c1225
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 239 Alþet fulðe schaweð him & wringeð ut þet wursum bi foren al þe wide world.
a1240 Wohunge in Old Eng. Hom. I. 281 Þat te blod wrang ut at tine finger neiles.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11700 I wil þat vte þe water wring.
a1450 Northern Passion 1880 Þe bloode a non began out to springe And þan þe watir after to wringe.
c1450 (c1400) Emaré (1908) 881 The teres out of hys yen gan wryng.
†b. To struggle or force a way out. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > struggle or force way out
wringc1384
struggle1633
c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame 2110 Thus oute at holes gunne wringe Euery tydynge streght to Fame.
a1525 Vergilius in W. J. Thoms Early Eng. Prose Romances (1858) II. 26 There was a lytell hole, and therat wrange the deuyll out like a yeel.
1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft iii. xvi. 66 Little holes, where a flie can scarselie wring out.
c. Mining. With out. (See quot. 1855 and to wring up 3 at Phrasal verbs.)
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (intransitive)] > of vein or lode: dwindle
to wring up1839
wring1855
1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 91 Sometimes the schist so abounds in the lode, that the quartzose part disappears altogether, or is only continued in minute strings. In such a case, the lode is said to have dwindled away, or to have wrung out.
†12.
a. To suffer or sustain twisting, wrenching, or turning. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (intransitive)] > undergo writhing
wringa1225
wreathea1500
a1225 Leg. Kath. 1368 Þe keiser..bed..ba binden ham swa, þe fet & te honden, þet ha wrungen aȝein.
b. To be engaged in, to perform the action of, writhing or twisting; esp. of the hands.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (intransitive)] > perform writhing action
wring1377
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 85 His body was to-bolle for wratthe,..And wryngynge he ȝede with þe fiste.
a1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 780 Koghe þow not þenne, þy þonkes, Ny wrynge þou not wyth þy schonkes.
a1500 Piers of Fulham (James) in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1866) II. 7 A gentyll byrd takyn can no defense, Save wrastyll and wrynge with the tale a lyte.
a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 1690 For his men pursued a dere, To his castell,..That doth my hondys wring, This Giaunt hym toke.
1546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. a.vii When they sawe the worlde somewhat liklie to wrynge on the other siede they denyed it.
1604 F. T. Case is Altered sig. C2v His wife with her handes wringing entertaines him with a weeping.
1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 153 Mr. Wet eyes went with hands wringing together. View more context for this quotation
183. J. Edmeston in Sacred Poetry (1868) 243 The hands I love dearly are wringing.
†13. To fling away ; to rush precipitately. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] > hastily or suddenly
fleec825
warpa1400
wringc1400
bolt1575
decamp1751
mog1770
to hop the twig1797
to take (its, etc.) wing1806
to make (take) tracks (for)1824
vamoose1834
fade1848
skedaddle1862
to beat it1906
blow1912
to hop it1914
beetle1919
bug1950
jet1951
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move with impetuous speed
leapOE
swengec1000
swingOE
throwc1275
hurla1300
dashc1300
fling1300
stetec1330
lance?a1400
slinga1400
whirlc1400
wringc1400
dingc1450
whither1487
chop1555
to cast (also lay) one's heels in one's neck1599
clap1603
precipitate1622
teara1627
toss1727
to keep on at a score1807
whing1882
whirlwind1894
to go off full score1900
careen1923
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away suddenly or hastily > precipitately
wringc1400
to burst away1859
c1400 Sowodne Bab. 2557 Richard the whiles away he wronge, Thile thai were alle dismayede.
14.
a. To twist the body in struggling or striving; to struggle with or strive against something; to contend, labour, or endeavour earnestly.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (intransitive)]
wendOE
throwOE
to-writhec1000
windc1000
wrenchc1050
writhec1300
wrenka1400
wrestle?a1400
chervec1440
wring1470
wrele1513
wriggle1573
wrincha1625
curla1637
twingle1647
twine1666
twirl1706
retort1720
the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > strive or struggle
hiec888
to stand inc1175
wrag?c1225
wrestle?c1225
stretcha1375
strivec1384
pressc1390
hitc1400
wring1470
fend15..
battle1502
contend?1518
reluct1526
flichter1528
touse1542
struggle1597
to lay in1599
strain?1606
stickle1613
fork1681
sprattle1786
buffet1824
fight1859
society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)]
fightc900
deal993
wraxlec1000
skirm?c1225
makec1275
mellc1300
to fight togethera1400
meddlec1400
match1440
wring1470
cobc1540
toilc1540
strike1579
beat1586
scuffle1590
exchange blows1594
to bang it out or aboutc1600
buffeta1616
tussle1638
dimicate1657
to try a friskin1675
to battle it1821
muss1851
scrap1874
to mix it1905
dogfight1929
yike1940
to go upside (someone's) head1970
the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] > make strenuous efforts > in face of difficulties
wring1470
warslea1500
contend?1518
agonize1570
wrestle1591
struggle1597
throe1615
pull1676
sprattle1786
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (intransitive)] > strive against something
witherc1000
wrag?c1225
wrest?c1225
strivec1300
repugna1382
strugglec1412
pressc1480
butt1566
wring?1570
gainstrive1596
wage1608
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur v. v. 168 Arthur weltred and wrong that he was other whyle vnder and another tyme aboue.
c1489 J. Skelton Dethe Erle of Northumberlande l. 82 in Poet. Wks. (1843) I. 9 They buskt them..Againe the kyngs plesure to wrestle or to wring.
1548 P. Nicolls Godly Newe Story sig. Eiiiv Som wring & wrest to go backe agayn into Egypt.
1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie i. 59 The more he [sc. a fly] wrange, the faster was he wrapt [in the web].
?1570 T. Drant Two Serm. K vj Iannes and Mambres wrong and shouldered at the truth.
1791 T. Beddoes tr. J. K. A. Musäus Pop. Tales of Germans II. 123 Violent convulsion fits shewed that they were wringing with death.
1837 T. Carlyle in London & Westm. Rev. Jan. 435 With the many-headed coil of Lernean serpents..[Hercules] wrestled and wrang..for life or death.
b. To twist, turn, or struggle in pain or anguish; to writhe.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (intransitive)] > writhe in pain or distress
writhe?a1200
wry1340
wringc1485
c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 1409 Swyche a cramp on me sett is,..I ly and wryng.
1596 J. Harington New Disc. Aiax sig. D3v He..looked as if he had bin wringing hard on a close stool.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. vi. 76 He wrings at some distresse. View more context for this quotation
1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. §lxix How is it [sc. a worm] vexed with the scorching beames, and wrings vp and downe.
1789 Shepherd's Wedding 12 (E.D.D.) She threw and she drew, she wringl'd and wrang.
1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iii. i. 190 In hydra-wrestle, giant ‘Millocracy’..wrestles and wrings in choking nightmare.
c. To suffer or undergo grief, pain, punishment, etc. (for something).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > suffer anguish or torment [verb (intransitive)]
anguisha1400
smoke1548
wring1565
to eat one's (own) heart1590
to bleed inwardlya1616
sting1849
twinge1850
to be hard (sometimes heavily, badly) hit1854
1565 J. Hall Courte of Vertue 134 b None but the poore Doth wrynge therfore, And suffer the distres.
1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 22 The shoemaker..hath so scanted his shoe that his foote wringeth therewith.
1608 G. Chapman Conspiracie Duke of Byron i. i Such as are impatient of rest; And wring beneath some priuate discontent.
1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 85 My heart wrings with regret.
1831 R. Lower Tom Cladpole's Jurney cxlvi My toe did ring full sore.
1882 Notes & Queries 17 June 468/2 I took it [sc. a feather bed] away,..because he would not wring so [i.e. have such bed-sores].
15.
†a. To set upon a person with hostile language. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > abuse [verb (transitive)]
vilea1300
rebutc1330
revilea1393
arunt1399
stainc1450
brawl1474
vituper1484
rebalk1501
to call (rarely to speak) (all) to naught1542
rattle1542
vituperate1542
bedaub1570
beray1576
bespurt1579
wring1581
misuse1583
caperclaw1589
abuse1592
rail1592
exagitate1593
to shoot atc1595
belabour1596
to scour one's mouth on1598
bespurtle1604
conviciate1604
scandala1616
delitigate1623
betongue1639
bespatter1644
rant1647
palt1648
opprobriatea1657
pelt1658
proscind1659
inveigh1670
clapperclaw1692
blackguard1767
philippize1804
drub1811
foul-mouth1822
bullyrag1823
target1837
barge1841
to light on ——1842
slang1844
villainize1857
slangwhang1880
slam-bang1888
vituperize1894
bad-mouth1941
slag1958
zing1962
to dump on (occasionally all over)1967
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 334 Whereunto tendeth all the endeuour of those men, whome Osorius here wringeth vpon [L. oppugnat] so sharpely.
b. To carry on wringing or torture. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > punishment > torture > [verb (intransitive)] > continue torture on the rack
wring1821
1821 Ld. Byron Two Foscari i. i, in Sardanapalus 187 Let them wring on; I am strong yet. Guard. Confess, And the rack will be spared you.
†16. To associate, or join hands, with another. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > posture > position of specific body parts > position specific body part [verb (intransitive)] > hands
to join handsa1535
fold1535
wring1580
hand-hold1904
1580 T. Lupton Siuqila 109 Which [bribe] belyke you thought that my handes did so tickle to touche, that I would wring with the wrong and flee from the truth.

Phrasal verbs

With adverbs. to wring down
To force, squeeze, or press down; spec. to force down the throat.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)] > force-feed
to wring down1633
put1737
force-feed1938
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [verb (transitive)] > press cheese
thrust1382
to wring down1633
thrutch1688
1633 Swedish Intelligencer iii. 23 [They] will eate you whole handfulls of raw Onyons..as familiarly as an Italian wrings downe sallets, or we apples.
1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd II. xxii. 275 There were the fellers round her wringing down the cheese [in the press].
 to wring in
To insert, insinuate, or bring in with or as with a twisting movement. Chiefly figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > with twisting
to wring in1579
writhe1583
wrest1597
to worm in1605
warp1803
wrestle1821
1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 227 Maister Hesk. wold fain make Euthymius to speak for him, if he could tell how to wring him in.
1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 120 He can do nothing else in musik but wrest & wring in hard points vpon a plainsong.
1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love ii. iv. sig. E2 Who when the [sic] haue got acquainted with a strange worde, neuer rest till they haue wronge it in. View more context for this quotation
1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxi. 23 Giue me those Lines..In which things naturall be, and not in falsely wrong.
 to wring off
To wrest or force off by twisting or turning round.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > from the position of being on > by twisting
wrest1297
to wring offa1529
twine1705
offwringa1889
twist-off1932
a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Fiiv Of some I wrynge of the necke lyke a wyre.
1611 Bible (King James) Lev. i. 15 The Priest shall bring it vnto the altar, and wring off his head. View more context for this quotation
1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. v. 84 One of our Servants..wrung off the Bird's Neck.
1865 A. C. Swinburne Chastelard iv. i. 167 Let one..Wring my crown off and cast it underfoot.
 to wring out
1. To force out (moisture) by or as by twisting; to squeeze out. Also figurative and transferred. Cf. outwring v.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > action or process of extracting > extract liquid [verb (transitive)] > by pressure or squeezing
wringc888
to wring out1340
1340–70 Alisaunder 712 Hee wringes oute þe wet wus.
c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Phyllis. 2527 To meche truste wel may I pleyne..on ȝoure teris falsely out i-wronge.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. xvi. 10 He that was wont to wringe out, schal not wrynge out wyn in a pressour.
c1450 Mirour Saluacioun (Roxb.) 33 Gedeon wronge out the dewe.
a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 50 Þen grynde tansy, þo iuse owte wrynge.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xlv He that bloweth his nose ouermuche, shall wringe out bloude.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxvii. sig. Ff7v With that the fellow..wrang out teares.
1612 S. Rid Art of Iugling sig. E3v So (with a little sponge in your hand) you may wringe out blood or wine.
1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. 111 A sturdie woman, washing and winding of linnen clothes,..wrings out the water.
1743 R. Blair Grave 19 From stubborn shrubs Thou wrung'st their shy retiring virtues out.
1816 J. Wilson City of Plague ii. i. 196 Such return Wrings out the tears from my old wither'd heart.
in extended use.1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) v. xxxvi Colde aier..is ywronge oute [L. exprimitur] and idrawe to þe vtter parties.
2. To strain (a wet fabric, etc.) with a twisting motion, so as to press out most of the moisture. Also const. of (the liquid in which the thing has been wetted).
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > wash clothes [verb (transitive)] > wring
wringc1300
to wring outa1400
wind1624
a1400 [see sense 1a].
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Judges vi. 38 Whanne the flees was wrongun out, he fillide a pot with deew.
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 417 [After it has been] so steped xix dayes, Wrynge out the mirte [= myrtle berries] & clense hit.
1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 23 Wet a long cloth,..wringe it well oute.
1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health i. f. 11v We wring out..the thyngs infused.
1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. ii. ix. 191 With a Compress wrung out as is prescribed.
a1756 E. Haywood New Present (1771) 268 Then wring them out of those suds.
1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. viii. 134 Just help me wring these out, and then I'll take 'em to th' mangle.
1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 419 A large towel wrung out of cold water.
3. To get or fetch out (something) with a wrenching movement; to wrench or wrest out.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > twist out or up
to wring outc1420
to wring upc1440
wrestc1450
outtwinea1500
throwa1500
outwrest1590
twine1600
screw1611
to ply out1668
wrench1726
c1420 Wycliffite Bible 2 Sam. xxiii. 21 (Bodl. 296) He wrong out þe spere fro þe hond.
4. To express or bring out with effort. (Cf. 6b.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > with effort
to wring out1402
1402 Polit. Poems (Rolls) II. 106 Oft, Dawe, in thi writtyng, thou wryngist out contradiccion.
1831 C. Lamb Newspapers 35 Years Ago in Elia 2nd Ser. We were wringing out coy sprightliness for the [Morning] Post.
5. To obtain or draw (something) from another by pressure, application, or art; to extract, elicit, bring out.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > elicit or call forth > forcefully
to wring out1560
to strike out1720
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxviijv Of all these thynges can they [sc. merchants] wrynge out [L. elicere] golde & syluer, to the wonderfull losse of people.
1591 J. Lyly Endimion v. iii. sig. I4 Marking..my sighes,..by questions [he] wrunge out that, which was readie to burst out.
1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales xv. v. 228 Let false praise, and wroong out by praiers be restrained.
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge ii. v. sig. E2 Present thy guilt, As if twere wrung out with thy conscience gripe.
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 90 That which claws away world from about them, would, 'tis like, wring out their Planethood from within them.
1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism ii. 38 The gratification..is wrung out from the very torments of the heart.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xix. 287 In order to wring out from them the names of their employers.
1879 R. Browning Martin Relph 121 He wrung their pardon out.
†6. To expel or depose (a person) from position or office; to thrust out. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)]
outOE
deposec1300
remuec1325
to put out1344
to set downc1369
deprivec1374
outputa1382
removea1382
to throw outa1382
to put downc1384
privea1387
to set adowna1387
to put out of ——?a1400
amovec1425
disappoint1434
unmakec1475
dismiss1477
dispoint1483
voidc1503
to set or put beside (or besides) the cushion1546
relieve1549
cass1550
displace1553
unauthorize1554
to wring out1560
seclude1572
eject1576
dispost1577
decass1579
overboard1585
cast1587
sequester1587
to put to grass1589
cashier1592
discompose1599
abdicate1610
unseat1611
dismount1612
disoffice1627
to take off1642
unchair1645
destitute1653
lift1659
resign1674
quietus1688
superannuate1692
derange1796
shelve1812
shelf1819
Stellenbosch1900
defenestrate1917
axe1922
retire1961
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. clxxiiijv After he had wronge oute [L. eliserat] Mathew Helde..he..placed [another]..in his rome.
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 232 In which office he continued, vntill hee was wrung out by Wolsey.
 to wring up
1. To pull up with a twist; to wrench up.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > twist out or up
to wring outc1420
to wring upc1440
wrestc1450
outtwinea1500
throwa1500
outwrest1590
twine1600
screw1611
to ply out1668
wrench1726
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 185 The wedis with an hond most vp be wronge. [Cf. upwring vb. at up- prefix 3a(a).]
2. To squeeze, press, or compact by torsion; to twist or screw up.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > press or squeeze [verb (transitive)] > twist, wring, or squeeze out
twistc1374
press1381
expressc1400
outwringc1430
to wring upc1440
queasea1450
dow1481
strain1483
squash1599
crush1602
squeeze1602
squeeze1611
out-scruze1626
compel1657
c1440 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 442 Take parsel, and grinde hit, and wringe hit up with egges thrugh a streynour.
a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 14 Take almondes, bray hem, wryng hom up.
1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 4th Ser. 244 Wring the book up tightly in the press.
1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. iii. 30 The very white frock..which had been wrung up and ironed by her mother's own hands.
3. Mining. In passive. Of a lode: To become diminished or dwindled.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (intransitive)] > of vein or lode: dwindle
to wring up1839
wring1855
1839 H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall xi. 343 By continuing the workings through the space so wrung-up.
1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 143 Sometimes the lode..becomes ‘wrung up’, or impoverished.

Compounds

† wring-jaw n. U.S. slang Obsolete rough cider.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > cider > [noun] > types of cider
pippin cider1662
redstreak cider1664
water cidera1665
redstreak1671
moil1708
wring-jawa1804
champagne cider1810
rough1858
scrumpy1903
a1804 J. Boucher Absence in J. Hunter & J. Stevenson Boucher's Gloss. Archaic & Provinc. Words (1832) p. l/1 Brown linen shirts, and cotton jackets wear, Or only wring-jaw drink, and 'simmon beer.
1845 J. F. Cooper Chainbearer I. iii. 46 ‘To get a sup of cider for old Jaap.’.. His weakness in favour of wring-jaw being a well-established failing.

Derivatives

† wringed adj. Obsolete wrung; squeezed (out).
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [adjective] > pressing to extract something > wrung or squeezed out
wringed1582
tortive1609
expresseda1682
squeezed1880
wrung1976
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 27 Wee wer al inueigled, with wringd tears nicetye blended.
?a1600 Roman Charity in A. Philips Coll. Old Ball. II. 142 With wringed Hands, and bitter Tears, These Words pronounced she.
a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 637 'Tis as if Divine Goodness did kneel down to a Sinner with wringed Hands.
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