The minstrel . . . wore round his neck a silver chain, by which hung
the wrest, or key, with which he tuned his harp.
Sir W. Scott.
4. A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is
determined.
Wrest pin (Piano Manuf.), one of the pins around which the ends of the
wires are wound in a piano. Knight. — Wrest plank (Piano Manuf.), the
part in which the wrest pins are inserted.
Wrest"er (?), n. One who wrests.
Wres"tle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wrestled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Wrestling (?).] [OE. wrestlen, wrastlen, AS. wr&?;stlian, freq. of
wr&?;stan to wrest; akin to OD. wrastelen to wrestle. See Wrest, v. t.]
1. To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down,
an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully.
To-morrow, sir, I wrestle for my credit, and he that escapes me without
some broken limb shall acquit him well.
Shak.
Another, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of the clavicle from
the sternum.
Wiseman.