WRINGING
Wring"ing,
Defn: a. & n. from Wring, v. Wringing machine, a wringer. See
Wringer, 2.
WRINGSTAFF
Wring"staff`, n.; pl. Wringstaves (. (Shipbuilding)
Defn: A strong piece of plank used in applying wringbolts.
WRINKLE
Wrin"kle, n.
Defn: A winkle. [Local, U.S.]
WRINKLE Wrin"kle, n. Etym: [OE. wrinkil, AS. wrincle; akin to OD. wrinckel, and prob. to Dan. rynke, Sw. rynka, Icel. hrukka, OHG. runza, G. runzel, L. ruga.
1. A small ridge, prominence, or furrow formed by the shrinking or contraction of any smooth substance; a corrugation; a crease; a slight fold; as, wrinkle in the skin; a wrinkle in cloth. "The wrinkles in my brows." Shak. Within I do not find wrinkles and used heart, but unspent youth. Emerson.
2. hence, any roughness; unevenness. Not the least wrinkle to deform the sky. Dryden.
3. Etym: [Perhaps a different word, and a dim. AS. wrenc a twisting, deceit. Cf. Wrench, n.]