WRASTLE

Etymology

Verb

wrastle (third-person singular simple present wrastles, present participle wrastling, simple past and past participle wrastled)

(obsolete or UK, dialect or US, colloquial) To wrestle.

Anagrams

• Walters, walters, wastrel

Source: Wiktionary


Wras"tle, v. i. Etym: [OE. wrastlen. See Wrestle.]

Definition: To wrestle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] Who wrastleth best naked, with oil enoint. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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