To distort; to pervert; to wrest.
To writhe; to twist, as with anguish.
A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping.
Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.
To bend or strain out of its position; as, to wring a mast.
To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance.