To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist or force by violence; as, to wrench a sword from anothers hand.

To strain; to sprain; to distort. You wrenched your foot against a stone.

A violent twist, or a pull with twisting.

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

An instrument for screwing or unscrewing iron work.

Means of compulsion.

In the plural, sleights; subtilties.