Noah Webster
Wrench
WRENCH, verb transitive [See Wring.]
1. To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist or force by violence; as, to wrench a sword from anothers hand.
2. To strain; to sprain; to distort.
You wrenched your foot against a stone.
WRENCH, noun
1. A violent twist, or a pull with twisting.
2. A sprain; an injury by twisting; as in a joint.
3. An instrument for screwing or unscrewing iron work.
4. Means of compulsion. [Not used.]
5. In the plural, sleights; subtilties.