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(1):

(v. t.) A violent twist, or a pull with twisting.

(2):

(n.) To strain; to sprain; hence, to distort; to pervert.

(3):

(v. t.) A sprain; an injury by twisting, as in a joint.

(4):

(v. t.) Means; contrivance.

(5):

(v. t.) An instrument, often a simple bar or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either at the end or between the ends, for exerting a twisting strain, as in turning bolts, nuts, screw taps, etc.; a screw key. Many wrenches have adjustable jaws for grasping nuts, etc., of different sizes.

(6):

(v. t.) The system made up of a force and a couple of forces in a plane perpendicular to that force. Any number of forces acting at any points upon a rigid body may be compounded so as to be equivalent to a wrench.

(7):

(n.) To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence.

(8):

(v. t.) Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Wrench'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​w/wrench.html. 1828.
 
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