Webster's Dictionary 1913

3592

Torpedoist

Tor‐pe″do‐ist, n.(Nav.) One skilled in the theory or use of torpedoes; also, one who favors the use of torpedoes.

3593

Torpent

Tor″pent (?), a. [L. torpens, p. pr. of torpere to be numb.] Having no motion or activity; incapable of motion; benumbed; torpid. Evelyn.

3594

Torpescence

Tor‐pes″cence (?), n. The quality or state or being torpescent; torpidness; numbness; stupidity.

3595

Torpid

Tor″pid (?), a. [L. torpidus, fr. torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid; of uncertain origin.] 1. Having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed; as, a ...

3596

Torpid (2)

Tor″pid (?), n. [See Torpid, a.] 1. An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat.2. pl. The Lenten rowing races.

3597

Torpidity

Tor‐pid″i‐ty (?), n. Same as Torpidness.

3598

Torpidly

Tor″pid‐ly (?), adv. In a torpid manner.

3599

Torpidness

Tor″pid‐ness, n. The qualityy or state of being torpid.

3600

Torpify

Tor″pi‐fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Torpified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Torpifying. (�).] [L. torpere to be torpid + -fy.] To make torpid; to numb, or benumb.

3601

Torpitude

Tor″pi‐tude (?), n. Torpidness. “In a kind of torpitude, or sleeping state.” Derham.

3602

Torpor

Tor″por (?), n. [L., from torpere, to be torpid.]1. Loss of motion, or of the motion; a state of inactivity with partial or total insensibility; numbness.2. Dullness; sluggishne...

3603

Torporific

Tor′por‐if″ic (?), a. [L. torpor torpor + facere to make.] Tending to produce torpor.

3604

Torquate

Tor″quate (?), a. [L. torquatus wearing a collar.] (Zoöl.) Collared; having a torques, or distinct colored ring around the neck.

3605

torquated

tor″qua‐ted (?), a. [L. Torqyatus.] Having or wearing a torque, or neck chain.

3606

Torque

Torque (?), n. [L. torques a twisted neck chain, fr. torquere to twist.] 1. A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls...

3607

Torqued

Torqued (?), a. [L. torquere to twist, to turn, to wind.] 1. Wreathed; twisted.2. (Her.) Twisted; bent; — said of a dolphin haurient, which forms a figure like the letter S.

3608

Torques

‖Tor″ques (?), n. [L., a necklace. See Torque, 1.] (Zoöl.) A cervical ring of hair or feathers, distinguished by its color or structure; a collar.

3609

Torrefaction

Tor′re‐fac″tion (?), n. [L. torrefacere,torrefactum, to torrefy: cf. F. torréfaction. See Torrefy.] The act or process of torrefying, or the state of being torrefied. Bp. Hall.

3610

Torrefy

Tor″re‐fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Torrefied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Torrefying.] [L. torrere to parch + -fy: cf. F. torréfier, L. torrefacere.] [Written also torrify.] 1. To dry by ...

3611

Torrens system

Tor″rens sys′tem (?). A system of registration of titles to land (as distinct from registration of deeds) introduced into South Australia by the Real Property (or Torrens) Act (...

3612

Torrent

Tor″rent (?), n. [F., fr. L. torrens, -entis, fr. torrens burning, roaring, boiling, p. pr. of torrere to dry by heat, to burn. See Torrid.] 1. A violent stream, as of water, la...

3613

Torrent (2)

Tor″rent, a. [See Torrent, n.] Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream. “Waves of torrent fire.” Milton.

3614

Torrential

{ Tor‐ren″tial (?), Tor‐ren″tine (?), } a. Of or pertaining to a torrent; having the character of a torrent; caused by a torrent.

3615

Torricellian

Tor′ri‐cel″li‐an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Torricelli, an Italian philosopher and mathematician, who, in 1643, discovered that the rise of a liquid in a tube, as in the barome...

3616

Torrid

Tor″rid (?), a. [L. torridus, fr. torrere to parch, to burn, akin to E. Thist: cf. F. torride. See Thirst.] 1. Parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert. “Barca or ...

3617

Torridity

Tor‐rid″i‐ty (?), n. Torridness.

3618

Torridness

Tor″rid‐ness (?), n. The quality or state of being torrid or parched.