WRENCH, WRENCHED
ADJECTIVES
1898 ► RAXED of a limb: wrenched → Sc.
NOUNS
1761 ► RACK a sprain, wrench, dislocation → Sc.
1783 ► RAMP a severe wrench; a sprain → Eng. dial.
1785 ► THROW a twist, a wrench, a sprain; the act of twisting or wriggling; a turn of the hand → Sc.
E19.. ► YANK a tug, a pull, a wrench → sl.
1852 ► RICK a sprain, strain, wrench → Eng. dial.
1882 ► SIDE-STEP a false step wrenching the limb → Sc.
1895 ► RAX a strain; a sprain; a wrench of a limb or a muscle → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1904 ► SCASH → SCASS a twist, a wrench; a turning to one side → Sc. (Bk.)
1904 ► SCASHLE → SKASHLE a twist, a wrench; a turning to one side → Sc. (Bk.)
VERBS
1641 ► THROW to twist; to wreath, to wind; to wrench, to sprain; to wring the neck; to turn a key; to torture, esp. by twisting a cord round the head → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1761 ► RACK to wrench, to sprain, to dislocate, to twist → Sc.
1809 ► RICK to sprain, to strain, to twist, to wrench → Eng. dial.
1811 ► YARK → YERK → YIRK to jerk; to seize or pull forcibly; to snatch, to wrench, to force → Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
1870 ► GAG to strain or wrench a limb or joint → Eng. dial.
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