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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Wre(i)stit, ppl. adj. Also: wrested, vristit, wristed. [e.m.E. wrested (1551).] a. Twisted, sprained. b. Twisted, misinterpreted, perverted.a. 1650 Kingarth Par. Rec. 20.
To horses for a wristed legg 1660 S. Ronaldshay 30 (see Wreisting threde n.).b. a1561 Q. Kennedy Breif Tract. (ed.) 135/11.
Be the quhilk vristit int[er]pretacione they obscure [etc.] 1582 Misc. Stair Soc. I 118.
The sesing was gevin eftir the forme off the presentatione and that be ane wreistit interpretatione unworthie to be proponit befoir your lordschips 1610 Misc. Hist. Soc. II 173.
No dout the authors … hes some caus, passion or wrestit reason to induce thame thairtoo ?1661-5 M. Bruce Soul-Confirmation 17.
You may … ding the devil and his cannon, backed upon wrested scripture, both down the brae
