Webster's Dictionary 1828

1540

TORTIL

TORT'IL, adjective [Latin tortilis.] Twisted; wreathed; coiled. In botany, coiled like a rope; as a tortile awn.

1541

TORTILE

TORT'ILETOR'TION, noun [Latin tortus.] Torment; pain. [Not in use.]

1542

TORTION

TOR'TION, n. [L. tortus.] Torment; pain. [Not in use.]

1543

TORTIOUS

TOR'TIOUS, adjective [from tort.] Injurious; done by wrong.1. In law, implying tort, or injury for which the law gives damages.

1544

TORTIVE

TORT'IVE, adjective [Latin tortus.] Twisted; wreathed.

1545

TORTOISE

TORTOISE, noun tor'tis.] from Latin tortus, twisted.]1. An animal of the genus Testudo, covered with a shell or crust.2. In the military art, a defense used by the ancients, for...

1546

TORTOISE-SHELL

TOR'TOISE-SHELL, noun [tortoise and shell.] The shell or rather scales of the tortoise, used in inlaying and in various manufactures.

1547

TORTUOSITY

TORTUOS'ITY, noun [from tortuous.] The state of being twisted or wreathed; wreath; flexure.

1548

TORTUOUS

TORT'UOUS, adjective [Latin tortuosus.]1. Twisted; wreathed; winding; as a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corol, in botany.2. Tortious. [Not used.] [See Tortious.]

1549

TORTUOUSNESS

TORT'UOUSNESS, noun The state of being twisted.

1550

TORTURE

TORT'URE, noun [Latin tortus, torqueo, to twist.]1. Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment.Ghastly spasm or racking torture2. Severe pain inflicted judicial...

1551

TORTURED

TORT'URED, participle passive Tormented; stretched on the wheel; harassed.

1552

TORTURER

TORT'URER, noun One who tortures; a tormenter.

1553

TORTURING

TORT'URING, participle present tense Tormenting; stretching on the rack; vexing.

1554

TORTURINGLY

TORT'URINGLY, adverb So as to torture or torment.

1555

TORTUROUS

TORT'UROUS, adjective Tormenting. [Not in use.]

1556

TORULOSE

TOR'ULOSE, adjective In botany, swelling a little.

1557

TORUS

TO'RUS, noun A molding. [See Tore.]

1558

TORVITY

TORV'ITY, noun [Latin torvitas; from twisting, supra.] Sourness or severity of countenance.

1559

TORVOUS

TORV'OUS, adjective [Latin torvus, from the root of torqueo, to twist.]Sour of aspect; stern; of a severe countenance.

1560

TORY

TO'RY, noun [said to be an Irish word, denoting a robber; perhaps from tor, a bush, as the Irish banditti lived in the mountains or among trees.] The name given to an adherent t...

1561

TORYISM

TO'RYISM, noun The principles of the tories.

1562

TOSE

TOSE, verb transitive s as z. To tease wool. [Not in use or local.]

1563

TOSS

TOSS, verb transitivepreterit tense and participle passive tossed or tost.1. To throw with the hand; particularly, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward;...

1564

TOSSED

TOSS'ED, participle passive Thrown upward suddenly or with a jerk; made to rise and fall suddenly.

1565

TOSSEL

TOSS'EL. [See Tassel.]

1566

TOSSER

TOSS'ER, noun One who tosses.