قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية
قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية
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Wriggling
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wriggle
Wright
(n.)
One who is engaged in a mechanical or manufacturing
business; an artificer; a workman; a manufacturer; a mechanic; esp., a
worker in wood; -- now chiefly used in compounds, as in millwright,
wheelwright, etc.
Wrightine
(n.)
A rare alkaloid found in the bark of an East Indian
apocynaceous tree (Wrightia antidysenterica), and extracted as a bitter
white crystalline substance. It was formerly used as a remedy for
diarrh/a. Called also conessine, and neriine.
Wring
(v. t.)
To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence;
to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing.
Wring
(v. t.)
Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.
Wring
(v. t.)
To distort; to pervert; to wrest.
Wring
(v. t.)
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.
Wring
(v. t.)
To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order
to enforce compliance.
Wring
(v. t.)
To bend or strain out of its position; as, to wring a
mast.
Wring
(v. i.)
To writhe; to twist, as with anguish.
Wring
(n.)
A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping.
Wringbolt
(n.)
A bolt used by shipwrights, to bend and secure the
planks against the timbers till they are fastened by bolts, spikes, or
treenails; -- not to be confounded with ringbolt.
of Wring
Wringer
(n.)
One who, or that which, wrings; hence, an extortioner.
Wringer
(n.)
A machine for pressing water out of anything, particularly
from clothes after they have been washed.
Wringing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wring
a. & n. from Wring, v.
Wringstaff
(n.)
A strong piece of plank used in applying wringbolts.
Wringstaves
(pl. )
of Wringstaff
Wrinkle
(n.)
A winkle.