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   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.]
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   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.
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   [His steed] so sweat that men might him wring.
   Chaucer.
   
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   The king began to find where his shoe did wring him.
   Bacon.
   
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   The priest shall bring it [a dove] unto the altar, and wring off his head.
   Lev. i. 15.
   
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   Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.
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   Too much grieved and wrung by an uneasy and strait fortune.
   Clarendon.
   
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   Didst thou taste but half the griefs
   That wring my soul, thou couldst not talk thus coldly.
   Addison.
   
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   To distort; to pervert; to wrest.
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   How dare men thus wring the Scriptures?
   Whitgift.
   
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   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.
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   Your overkindness doth wring tears from me.
   Shak.
   
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   He rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece.
   Judg. vi. 38.
   
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   To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance.
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   To wring the widow from her 'customed right.
   Shak.
   
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   The merchant adventures have been often wronged and wringed to the quick.
   Hayward.
   
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   (Naut.) To bend or strain out of its position; as, to wring a mast.
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   Wring, v. i. To writhe; to twist, as with anguish.
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   'T is all men's office to speak patience
   To those that wring under the load of sorrow.
   Shak.
   
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   Look where the sister of the king of France
   Sits wringing of her hands, and beats her breast.
   Marlowe.
   
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   Wring, n. A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping. [Obs.]
   Bp. Hall.
   
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