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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1624
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Wrinche, n. [Late ME and e.m.E. wrynche (?c1460), wrenche (1530), wrinche (1552), a mechanical screw, wrench (1794), a tool or implement.] A tool of some sort, ? a screwdriver or wrench. — 1624 Edinb. B. Rec. VI 259.
Four yrne pyrnis for lumes, sevin spuilles … tua riddellis, ane wrinche, tua hespers [etc.]
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