(n.) A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, "To take arms against a sea of troubles". Shak. "Her voice was but the shadow of a sound." Young.
Example Sentences:
(1) Catachresis (M) (a tool is used for an unusual purpose or a machine is required to exceed normal work load).
Catachrestical
Definition:
(a.) Belonging to, or in the manner of, a catachresis; wrested from its natural sense or form; forced; far-fetched.