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  • 31wrest property from — index evict Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 32wrest pin — wrest′ pin n. peg 4) • Etymology: 1780–90 …

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  • 33Wrest Point Hotel Casino — Infobox hotel hotel name = Wrest Point Hotel Casino image width = 250px caption = Wrest Point Hotel Casino location = Hobart, Tasmania, flagicon|Australia Australia coordinates = coord|42|54|7|S|147|20|17|E|display=inline,title opening date = 10… …

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  • 34wrest block — noun : pin block * * * wrest block or wrest plank noun (in a piano, etc) the board fitted with the wrest pins • • • Main Entry: ↑wrest …

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  • 35wrest pin — noun : a pin in a stringed musical instrument (as a harp, piano) around which the ends of the strings are coiled and by which the instrument is tuned * * * peg (def. 5). [1780 90] * * * wrest pin noun A pin round which the end of a wire (eg a… …

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  • 36wrest plank — noun : pin block * * * wrest block or wrest plank noun (in a piano, etc) the board fitted with the wrest pins • • • Main Entry: ↑wrest …

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  • 37wrest from — phr verb Wrest from is used with these nouns as the object: ↑control, ↑grasp …

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  • 38wrest — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English wrasten, wresten, from Old English wrǣstan; akin to Old Norse reista to bend and probably to Old English wrigian to turn more at wry Date: before 12th century 1. to pull, force, or move by violent… …

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  • 39WREST — Writ of Restitution issued (Community » Law) …

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  • 40wrest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. turn, pull, twist; tear away, snatch, grab. See distortion, acquisition, extraction. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. twist away from, take, jerk, pull, wrestle, extract, wring, grab. III (Roget s… …

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