wrastle

verb

Etymology: From Middle English wrastlen: see wrestle.

1. 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, […]”