TORMENTOR
TORMENT'OR, noun He or that which torments; one who inflicts penal anguish or tortures.1. In agriculture, an instrument for reducing a stiff soil.
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TORN
TORN, participle passive of tear.Neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn by the beasts in the field. Exodus 22:13.
TORNADO
TORNA'DO, noun [from the root of turn; that is, a whirling wind.]A violent gust of wind, or a tempest, distinguished by a whirling motion. tornadoes of this kind happen after ex...
TOROUS
TO'ROUS, adjective [Latin torosus.] In botany, protuberant; swelling in knobs, like the veins and muscles; as a torous pericarp.
TORPEDO
TORPE'DO, noun [Latin from torpeo, to be numb.] The cramp fish or electric ray, Raia torpedo This fish is usually taken in forty fathoms water, on the coast of France and Englan...
TORPENT
TOR'PENT, adjective [Latin torpens, torpeo.] Benumbed; torpid; having no motion or activity; incapable of motion.A frail and torpent memory.TOR'PENT, noun In medicine, that whic...
TORPESCENCE
TORPES'CENCE, noun A state of insensibility; torpidness; numbness; stupidity.
TORPESCENT
TORPES'CENT, adjective [Latin torpescens.] Becoming torpid or numb.
TORPID
TOR'PID, adjective [Latin torpidus, torpeo.]1. Having lost motion or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; as a torpid limb.Without heat all things would be torpid2. Dull; st...
TORPIDITY
TORPID'ITY, noun Torpidness.
TORPIDNESSPITUDE
TOR'PIDNESS'PITUDE, noun The state of being torpid; numbness. Torpidness may amount to total insensibility or loss of sensation.1. Dullness; inactivity; sluggishness; stupidity.
TORPOR
TOR'POR, noun [Latin] Numbness; inactivity; loss of motion, or of the power of motion. torpor may amount to a total loss of sensation, or complete insensibility. It may however ...
TORPORIFIC
TORPORIF'IC, adjective [Latin torpor and facio.] Tending to produce torpor.
TORREFACTION
TORREFAC'TION, noun [Latin torrefacio; torridus and facio.]1. The operation of drying by a fire.2. In metallurgy, the operation of roasting ores.3. In pharmacy, the drying or ro...
TORREFIED
TOR'REFIED,. participle passive Dried; roasted; scorched. torrefied earth, in agriculture, is that which has undergone the action of fire.
TORREFY
TOR'REFY, verb transitive [Latin torrefacio; Latin torridus, torreo, and facio.]1. To dry by a fire.2. In metallurgy, to roast or scorch, as metallic ores.3. In pharmacy, to dry...
TORREFYING
TOR'REFYING, participle present tense Drying by a fire; roasting; parching.
TORRENT
TOR'RENT, noun [Latin torrens. This is the participle of torreo, to parch; Eng. tear.]1. A violent rushing stream of water or other fluid; a stream suddenly raised and running r...
TORRICELLIAN
TORRICEL'LIAN, adjective Pertaining to Torricelli, an Italian philosopher and mathematician, who discovered the true principle on which the barometer is constructed.Torricellian...
TORRID
TOR'RID, adjective [Latin torridus, from torreo, to roast.]1. Parched; dried with heat; as a torrid plain or desert.2. Violently hot; burning or parching; as a torrid heat.Torri...
TORRIDNESS
TOR'RIDNESS, noun The state of being very hot or parched.
TORSE
TORSE, noun [Latin tortus.] In heraldry, a wreath.
TORSEL
TOR'SEL, noun [supra.] Any thing in a twisted form; as torsels for mantle-trees.
TORSION
TOR'SION, noun [Latin torsio, from torqueo, to twist.] The act of turning or twisting.Torsion balance, an instrument for estimating very minute forces by the motion of an index ...
TORSO
TOR'SO, noun The trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as the torso of Hercules.
TORSTEN
TOR'STEN, noun An iron ore of a bright bluish black, etc.
TORT
TORT, noun [Latin tortus, twisted, from torqueo. The primary sense is to turn or strain, hence to twist.]1. In law, any wrong or injury. Torts are injuries done to the person or...