Wrestle

(rĕs'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. WRESTLED; p. pr. & vb. n. WRESTLING.] [A-S. wræstlian, allied to wræstan, to wrest; D. worstelen, A-S. also wrīxtian, O. Fries. wraxlia, to wrestle, allied to A-S. wrīxlan, wrīxian, to change.] 1. To contend, as two persons, by grappling together, and each striving to throw the other down. To-morrow, sir, I wrestle for my credit, and he that escapes me without some broken limb shall acquit him well. Shak. Another, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of the clavicle from the sternum. Wiseman. 2. Hence, to struggle; to strive; to contend. We wrestle not against flesh and blood. Eph. vi. 12. Come, wrestle with thy affections. Shak.

(rĕs'l), n. A struggle between two to see which will throw the other down; a bout at wrestling; a struggle.

Whom, in a wrestle, the giant catching aloft, with a terrible hug broke three of his ribs. Milton.