The nobility hesitated not to follow the example of their sovereign in
writhing money from them by every species of oppression.
Sir W. Scott.
Writhe, v. i. To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to
writhe with agony. Also used figuratively.
After every attempt, he felt that he had failed, and writhed with shame
and vexation.
Macaulay.
Writh"en (?), a. Having a twisted distorted from.
A writhen staff his step unstable guides.
Fairfax.
Wri"thle (?), v. t. [Freq. of writhe.] To wrinkle. [Obs.] Shak.
Writ"ing (?), n. 1. The act or art of forming letters and characters on
paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the
ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to
others by visible signs.
2. Anything written or printed; anything expressed in characters or
letters; as: (a) Any legal instrument, as a deed, a receipt, a bond, an
agreement, or the like. (b) Any written composition; a pamphlet; a
work; a literary production; a book; as, the writings of Addison. (c)
An inscription.
And Pilate wrote a title . . . And the writing was, Jesus of Nazareth,
the King of the Jews.
John xix. 19.