3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Writhen  \Writh"en\,  a. 
  Having  a  twisted  distorted  from 
 
  A  writhen  staff  his  step  unstable  guides.  --Fairfax. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Writhe  \Writhe\,  v.  t.  [imp.  {Writhed};  p.  p.  {Writhed},  Obs.  or 
  Poetic  {Writhen};  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Writhing}.]  [OE.  writhen, 
  AS  wr[=i]?an  to  twist;  akin  to  OHG.  r[=i]dan,  Icel.  r[=i]?a, 
  Sw  vrida,  Dan.  vride.  Cf  {Wreathe},  {Wrest},  {Wroth}.] 
  1.  To  twist;  to  turn;  now  usually,  to  twist  or  turn  so  as  to 
  distort;  to  wring.  ``With  writhing  [turning]  of  a  pin.'' 
  --Chaucer. 
 
  Then  Satan  first  knew  pain,  And  writhed  him  to  and 
  fro.  --Milton. 
 
  Her  mouth  she  writhed,  her  forehead  taught  to  frown. 
  --Dryden. 
 
  His  battle-writhen  arms,  and  mighty  hands. 
  --Tennyson. 
 
  2.  To  wrest;  to  distort;  to  pervert. 
 
  The  reason  which  he  yieldeth  showeth  the  least  part 
  of  his  meaning  to  be  that  whereunto  his  words  are 
  writhed.  --Hooker. 
 
  3.  To  extort;  to  wring;  to  wrest.  [R.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  writhen 
  adj  :  twisted  (especially  as  in  pain  or  struggle);  "his  mad 
  contorted  smile";  "writhed  lips";  "my  writhen 
  features"-  Walter  scott  [syn:  {contorted},  {writhed}] 

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