writhe

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

WRITHE, verb transitive 1. To twist; to distort. Her mouth she writhd. 2. To twist with violence; as, to writhe the body. 3. To wrest; to distort; to torture; as, to writhe words. WRITHE, verb intransitive To twist; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony.
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