different between wrist vs chinaman

English

Etymology

From Middle English wrist, from Old English wrist, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz (compare Old Frisian wrist, Low German Wrist, German Rist 'back of hand, instep, withers', Swedish vrist), from *wr?þan? 'to twist, turn'. More at writhe.

Pronunciation

• enPR: r?st, IPA^(key): /??st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

wrist (plural wrists)

1. (anatomy) The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.
2. (engineering) A stud or pin which forms a journal.

Derived terms

• wristwatch, wrist watch
• limp-wristed
• wrist-action

Translations

Verb

wrist (third-person singular simple present wrists, present participle wristing, simple past and past participle wristed)

1. (ice hockey) to hit a wrist shot

See also

• wrist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• writs

Middle English

Alternative forms

• wrest, wryst, virste, wryste, wriste, wyrste, wirste

Etymology

From Old English wrist, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wrist/, /wirst/

Noun

wrist (plural wrystes)

1. wrist (joint attaching the arm to the hand)
2. (rare) The joint at the ankle.

Descendants

• English: wrist
• Scots: wrist
• Yola: wrasth, wraste

References

• “wrist, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-15.

Old English

Alternative forms

• wyrst

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wristuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wrist/

Noun

wrist f

1. wrist

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle English: wrist, wrest, wryst, virste, wryste, wriste, wyrste, wirste
  • English: wrist
  • Scots: wrist
  • Yola: wrasth, wraste

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

chinaman (plural chinamen)

1. (obsolete) A dealer in porcelain (china). [18th–19th c.]

Etymology 2

From Chinaman, a dated, now offensive term for a Chinese person. Compare Chinese (“unfamiliar, unexpected”).

Noun

chinaman (plural chinamen)

1. (cricket, dated) A left-arm unorthodox bowling action (left-arm wrist-spin)
2. (cricket) A spin bowler who uses such an action
3. (cricket) A ball delivered with such an action

References

• “Chinaman” in the Collins English Dictionary
• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Chinaman”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume II (C), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 351, column 3.

Anagrams

• chainman