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Wrench hammer

Wrench \Wrench\ (r[e^]nch), n. [OE. wrench deceit, AS. wrenc deceit, a twisting; akin to G. rank intrigue, crookedness, renken to bend, twist, and E. wring. [root]144. See Wring, and cf. Ranch, v. t.]

  1. Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem. [Obs.]

    His wily wrenches thou ne mayst not flee.
    --Chaucer.

  2. A violent twist, or a pull with twisting.

    He wringeth them such a wrench.
    --Skelton.

    The injurious effect upon biographic literature of all such wrenches to the truth, is diffused everywhere.
    --De Quincey.

  3. A sprain; an injury by twisting, as in a joint.

  4. Means; contrivance. [Obs.]
    --Bacon.

  5. An instrument, often a simple bar or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either at the end or between the ends, for exerting a twisting strain, as in turning bolts, nuts, screw taps, etc.; a screw key. Many wrenches have adjustable jaws for grasping nuts, etc., of different sizes.

  6. (Mech.) The system made up of a force and a couple of forces in a plane perpendicular to that force. Any number of forces acting at any points upon a rigid body may be compounded so as to be equivalent to a wrench.

    Carriage wrench, a wrench adapted for removing or tightening the nuts that confine the wheels on the axles, or for turning the other nuts or bolts of a carriage or wagon.

    Monkey wrench. See under Monkey.

    Wrench hammer, a wrench with the end shaped so as to admit of being used as a hammer.

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wrench hammer

n. A wrench with the end shaped so that it can be used as a hammer.