wring

Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out.

I didn’t have a towel so I just wrung my hair dry.

[…] Protagenes portrai[e]d Venus vvith a ſponge ſprinkled with ſvvéete vvater, but if once ſhe vvrong it, it vvould droppe blood: […]

Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out.

“I feel I’ve been wrung through a wringer,” Maggie said.

Often followed by from or out: to extract (a liquid) from something wet by squeezing, twisting, or otherwise putting pressure on it.

Put the berries into a cheesecloth and wring the juice into a bowl.

And whan he roſe vp early on the morow, he wrãge [wrange] yͤ dew out of the fleſe, and fylled a dyſſhe full of water.

To hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist; to wrest.

to wring someone’s hand

to wring the neck of a chicken

To hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist; to wrest.

to wring one’s hands with worry

Come you whoſe loues are dead, / And whiles I ſing / Weepe and wring / Euery hand and euery head, […]

A powerful squeezing or twisting action.

I grasped his hand and gave it a grateful wring.

The VVring by the hand, and the Banquet is ours.

Followed by down: the product of wringing, such as cider or wine.

She had just got off her mare to look at the last wring-down of cider for the year; […]

A sharp physical pain, especially in the abdomen; also, mental pain or distress.

Hens dung ſvvallovved [by a horse] by hap, bringeth frets and vvrings in the bellie: […]

[T]here vvas brought unto him an horſe named Babylonius, vvhich happening to be ſore vexed vvith a ſuddaine gripe or vvring in his belly, fell dovvne, and vvhiles hee vvas not able to endure the paine, vvallovveth along, and happeneth to beſprent his capariſon and ornaments richly garniſhed vvith gold and precious ſtones. At vvhich ſtrange ſight he tooke great joy, and cryed out, vvith the applauſe of thoſe next about him, That Babylon vvas fallen, and lay along on the ground diſpoyled of all her ornaments.

A device for compressing or pressing, especially for making cheese, cider from apples, or wine from grapes.

If you boil Cider eſpecial care muſt be had to put it into the furnace immediately from the vvring; othervviſe, if it be let ſtand in Vats, or veſſels, tvvo or three days after the preſſure, the beſt and moſt ſpiritous part vvill aſcend and fly avvay in the vapours vvhen fire is put under it; […] A Friend of mine having made proviſion of Apples for Cider, vvhereof ſo great a part vvere found rotten vvhen the time of grinding them came, that they did as 'tvvere vvaſh the room vvith their juice, through vvhich they vvere carried to the vvring, had Cider from them not only paſſable, but exceeding good; […]

In order to avoid a great deal of trouble, and to perform the work more effectually, by diveſting the nevv made Cyder of vvhat pummice and other impurities remain; after ſtraining it through a hair ſieve, on its coming from the VVring, or Preſs, it is neceſſary to be provided vvith a large open vat, keeve, or clive, vvhich vvill contain a vvhole pounding, or making of Cyder; or as much as can be preſſed in one day: […]