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/ˈɹæsl̩/ · verb
(ambitransitive, informal, pronunciation spelling, US regional, or obsolete) Alternative form of wrestle..
[T]hey their ſhips in marble ſeas with ores dyd wraſtlyng towe.
Actiue they are in all things, whether it be to wraſtle in the games of Olympia, or to fight at Barriers in Paleſtra, able to cary as great burthens as Milo [of Croton], of ſthrength to throwe as bigge ſtones as Turnus, and what not, […]
VVe vvraſtle not (after your Shepheards guiſe) / For painted Sheep-hooks, or ſuch pettie Prize, / Or for a Cage, a Lamb, or bread and cheeſe: / The Vanquiſht Head muſt be the Victors Fees.
It fits Ioues ſonne / VVraſtle vvith Lyons, and to tugge vvith Beares, / Grapple vvith Dragons, and incounter VVhales.
Our hope is, that the yong Studient, vvho heretofore meeting at the firſt, and vvraſtling vvith as difficult termes and matter, as in many yeares after, vvas at the firſt diſcouraged (as many haue bin) may be reading theſe Inſtitutes, haue the difficultie and darkeneſſe both of the Matter and of the Termes and VVords of Art in the beginnings of his Studie facilitated, and explained vnto him, to the end hee may proceed in his Studie cheerefully, and vvith delight; […]
Like errand Knights, our valiant vvits muſt vvraſtle / To free our Ladyes from the inchanted Caſtle.
[S]o great a ſtorme of vvind and raine beat vpon vs that vvee not only loſt our vvay, but our ſelues, and at length vvraſtled to Geer, hauing firſt paſt through the Straits of Mozendram.
[H]e [the Earl of Essex] was to wraſtle with a Queens declyning, or rather with her very ſetting Age (as we may term it,) which, beſides other reſpects, is commonly even of it ſelfe the more umbratious and apprehenſive, as for the moſt part all Horizons are charged with certain Vapours towards their Evening.
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Wrastle means (ambitransitive, informal, pronunciation spelling, US regional, or obsolete) Alternative form of wrestle..
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[T]hey their ſhips in marble ſeas with ores dyd wraſtlyng towe.
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