- (v.t.) To turn; to twist; especially, to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by or as if by, violent wringing or twisting.
- (n.) Active or moving power.
- (n.) A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined.
- (v.t.) To tune with a wrest or key.
- (v.t.) To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort.
- (n.) The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion.
- (n.) A key to tune a stringed instrument of music.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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