To extort; to wring; to wrest.
To wrest; to distort; to pervert.
To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a locomotive. Lardner.
To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring.
To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony. Also used figuratively.