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Meaning of "wrest pin" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WREST PIN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WREST PIN

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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Wrest pin is a noun.
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WHAT DOES WREST PIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of wrest pin in the English dictionary

The definition of wrest pin in the dictionary is a pin around which one end of a string is wound: it may be turned by means of a tuning key to alter the tension of the string. In a piano the wrest pin is embedded in the wrest plank.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WREST PIN

wrecking ball
wrecking bar
wrecking crane
wreckmaster
Wrekin
wren
wrench
wrencher
wrenchingly
wrest
wrest plank
wrester
wrestle
wrestler
wrestling
wrestling hold
wrestling match
wretch
wretched
wretchedly

WORDS THAT END LIKE WREST PIN

belaying pin
bobby pin
cotter pin
dowel pin
drawing pin
end pin
firing pin
fraternity pin
gudgeon pin
panel pin
piston pin
rolling pin
safety pin
scatter pin
shear pin
split pin
stick pin
swivel pin
taper pin
wrist pin

Synonyms and antonyms of wrest pin in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «wrest pin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WREST PIN

Find out the translation of wrest pin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wrest pin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wrest pin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

夺取针
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

arrebatar el pin
570 millions of speakers

English

wrest pin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पिन हथिया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انتزاع دبوس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вырвать штифт
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

arrancar o pino
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্যাচ পিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

arracher la broche
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Wrest pin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

entreißen Stift
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ピンを奪い取る
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

핀 을 비틀
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wrest pin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giành pin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ரெஸ்ட் முள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वेट पिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Güreş pimi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

strappare pin
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wydrzeć pin
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вирвати штифт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

smulge pini
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποσπάσει pin
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verdraai pen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

wrest stift
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fravriste pin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wrest pin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WREST PIN»

The term «wrest pin» is used very little and occupies the 188.985 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WREST PIN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wrest pin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WREST PIN»

Discover the use of wrest pin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wrest pin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Harpsichord and Clavichord: An Encyclopedia
A string is replaced by turning the wrest pin out of the WRESTPLANK. A loop is formed on one end of the replacement wire and hung on the HITCHPIN. The other end of the wire is wound around the wrest pin, which is then hammered into its ...
Igor Kipnis, 2004
2
The Pianoforte, Its Origin, Process, and Construction: With ...
When a string touches a wrest-pin. 5. When the centre bridge is loose. 6. When the sound-board is unglued. 7. When the barring is loose. 8. When the instrument is not firmly placed on the floor. 9. When any hard detached substance is on the ...
Edward Francis Rimbault, 1860
3
The American Repertory of Arts, Sciences and Manufactures
The strings pass from the plate to which they are attached over the bridge on the sound board in the usual manner, and under a bridge or bearing on the underside of the wrest pin block; they are then each passed round a separate pulley, and ...
James Jay Mapes, 1842
4
Patents for Inventions: Abridgments of Specifications ...
In placing the wrest pin block above the strings while the sound board is below the strings, as also in an extension of the sound board, and in various alterations and improvements in the movements connected with the keys and dependent on  ...
Great Britain. Patent Office, 1871
5
The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures
string?, and thereby render the motion of the pedals as easy as L please. As in tuning the harp it is generally attended with difficulty to sind out the wrest pin belonging to its respective string in she bass, particularly for short persons, I reverse ...
‎1802
6
Repertory of Arts Manufactures and Agriculture: Consisting ...
As in tuning the harp it is generally attended with difficulty to find out the wrest pin belonging to its respective string inthe bass, particularly for short persons, lreverse the wrest pin, and form the square sor the key, by which the instrument is  ...
‎1802
7
The Repertory of Patent Inventions: And Other Discoveries ...
As in tuning the harp it is generally attended with difficulty to sind. out the wrest pin belonging to its respective string in the bass, particularly for short persons, 1 reverse the wrest pin, and form the square for the key, by which the instrument is  ...
‎1802
8
The Repertory of arts and manufactures [afterw.] arts, ...
As in tuning the harp it is generally attended with difficulty to sind out the wrest pin belonging to its respective string in the bass, particularly for short persons, 1 reverse the wrest pin, and form the square for the key, by whiph the instrument is  ...
Repertory of arts, manufactures and agriculture, 1802
9
Journal of the Franklin Institute
... the wrest pin block, and the wrest pins, so that the latter shall pass entirely through the former, and receive the wires at their lower projecting ends ;" and also to the " manner of constructing, arranging and combining wrought iron braces with ...
‎1842
10
The Mechanic's Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal and Gazette
... 189, 208, 320, 326, 424, 426, 429 i t description of process of, 426, 466 Pianoforte wrest-pin, Walker's, 410 Piling of iron, effects of repeated, 13, 22 Pirn, James, Esq., on Irish Railway, 213 Pine-apple plant, tenuity of fibre of, 78 Planisphere, ...
‎1839

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