What is "wringing"

Wring \Wring\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrung, Obs. Wringed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wringing.] [OE. wringen, AS. wringan; akin to LG. & D. wringen, OHG. ringan to struggle, G. ringen, Sw. vr["a]nga to distort, Dan. vringle to twist. Cf. Wrangle, Wrench, Wrong.]

1. To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing. ``Earnestly wringing Waverley's hand.''
   --Sir W. Scott. ``Wring him by the nose.''
   --Shak.

   [His steed] so sweat that men might him wring.
   --Chaucer.

   The king began to find where his shoe did wring him.
   --Bacon.

   The priest shall bring it [a dove] unto the altar, and wring off his head.
   --Lev. i. 15.

2. Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.

   Too much grieved and wrung by an uneasy and strait fortune.
   --Clarendon.

   Didst thou taste but half the griefs That wring my soul, thou couldst not talk thus coldly.
   --Addison.

3. To distort; to pervert; to wrest.

   How dare men thus wring the Scriptures?
   --Whitgift.

4. To extract or obtain by twisting and compressing; to squeeze or press (out); hence, to extort; to draw forth by violence, or against resistance or repugnance; -- usually with out or form.

   Your overkindness doth wring tears from me.
   --Shak.

   He rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece.
   --Judg. vi. 38.

5. To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance.

   To wring the widow from her 'customed right.
   --Shak.

   The merchant adventures have been often wronged and wringed to the quick.
   --Hayward.

6. (Naut.) To bend or strain out of its position; as, to wring a mast.

Wringing \Wring"ing\, a. & n. from Wring, v.

Wringing machine, a wringer. See Wringer, 2.

n. The act by which something is wrung. vb. (present participle of wring English)

Wringing may refer to:

• Wringing (gauge blocks), the temporary attachment of gauge blocks to each other