outˈwring, v.
[out- 16.]
trans. To force out (liquid) by or as by wringing.
| c 1385 Chaucer L.G.W. 2527 Phillis, Youre teres falsly out wronge. 1562 T. Phaer æneid ix. C c iij, Whan god from skies..His watry showres outwrings. |
So out-ˈwrung ppl. a., outstretched and wrung.
| 1850 Mrs. Browning Isobel's Child x, I am not used..to prayer With shaken lips and hands out-wrung. |