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Definition of Wrest pin

Wrest pin
Wrest Wrest, n. 1. The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion. --Hooker. 2. Active or moving power. [Obs.] --Spenser. 3. A key to tune a stringed instrument of music. The minstrel . . . wore round his neck a silver chain, by which hung the wrest, or key, with which he tuned his harp. --Sir W. Scott. 4. A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined. Wrest pin (Piano Manuf.), one of the pins around which the ends of the wires are wound in a piano. --Knight. Wrest plank (Piano Manuf.), the part in which the wrest pins are inserted.

Meaning of Wrest pin from wikipedia

- few turns when changing a string to keep pin height even. Tuning pins may be known as wrest pins or zither pins, regardless of the instrument on which they...
- around a tuning pin (also known as a wrest pin) at the end nearest the player. When rotated with a wrench or tuning hammer, the tuning pin adjusts the tension...
- remaining strings, which were tightened and loosened with metal harp wrest-pins and a tuning key or wrench, were usually bowed with a horsehair and wood...
- strings are communicated to the soundboard. The arrangement of pegs and wrest-pins is much the same as on the piano. Difficulties arise whenever a composer...
- of Australia". 1930. "Tom Lurich wins empire wrestling championship; wrester pins - Wazee Digital". Hewitt, Mark S. (May 2005). Catch Wrestling. Paladin...
- February – Portuguese Viceroy destroys Moslem fleet off the coast of India, wrests control of ****e trade. Battle of Agnadello (Battle of Vaila) 14 May – French...
- and featured the entire SMW roster attacking Jim Cornette, who was then pinned by referee Mark Curtis. Several SMW wrestlers would soon obtain work in...
- of the Aztec and Inca empires where control of the territory could be wrested away. Once conquered, the plan included m**** evangelizing activities and...
- protect surveyors of the American Trona Company . They were attempting to wrest control of mining claims for vast deposits of potash on the edge of Searles...
- descended the shaft, inching his way into the tunnel and wresting Jessica free from her position pinned inside the well with one leg above her forehead. O'Donnell...