wrastle

verb

1. (US, alt-of, alternative, ambitransitive, informal, obsolete, pronunciation-spelling, regional)Alternative form of wrestle.

   “[T]hey their ſhips in marble ſeas with ores dyd wraſtlyng towe.”

   “Actiue they are in all things, whether it be to wraſtle in the games of Olympia, or to fight at Barriers in Paleſtra, able to cary as great burthens as Milo [of Croton], of ſthrength to throwe as bigge ſtones as Turnus, and what not, […]”

   “VVe vvraſtle not (after your Shepheards guiſe) / For painted Sheep-hooks, or ſuch pettie Prize, / Or for a Cage, a Lamb, or bread and cheeſe: / The Vanquiſht Head muſt be the Victors Fees.”

   “It fits Ioues ſonne / VVraſtle vvith Lyons, and to tugge vvith Beares, / Grapple vvith Dragons, and incounter VVhales.”

   “Our hope is, that the yong Studient, vvho heretofore meeting at the firſt, and vvraſtling vvith as difficult termes and matter, as in many yeares after, vvas at the firſt diſcouraged (as many haue bin) may be reading theſe Inſtitutes, haue the difficultie and darkeneſſe both of the Matter and of the Termes and VVords of Art in the beginnings of his Studie facilitated, and explained vnto him, to the end hee may proceed in his Studie cheerefully, and vvith delight; […]”