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TOR'POR, n. [L.] Numbness; inactivity; loss of motion, or of the power of motion...
TORPORIF'IC, a. [L. torpor and facio.] Tending to produce torpor.
TORREFAC'TION, n. [L.torrefacio; torridus and facio.] 1. The operation of drying...
TOR'REFIED,. pp. Dried; roasted; scorched. Torrefied earth, in agriculture, is t...
TOR'REFY, v.t. [L. torrefacio; L. torridus, torreo,and facio.] 1. To dry by a fi...
TOR'REFYING, ppr. Drying by a fire; roasting; parching.
TOR'RENT, n. [L. torrens. This is the participle of torreo, to parch; Eng. tear....
TORRICEL'LIAN, a. Pertaining to Torricelli, an Italian philosopher and mathemati...
TOR'RID, a. [L. torridus, from torreo, to roast.] 1. Parched; dried with heat; a...
TOR'RIDNESS, n. The state of being very hot or parched.
TORSE, n. [L. tortus.] In heraldry, a wreath.
TOR'SEL, n. [supra.] Any thing in a twisted form; as torsels for mantle-trees.
TOR'SION, n. [L. torsio, from torqueo, to twist.] The act of turning or twisting...
TOR'SO, n. The trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as the torso of H...
TOR'STEN, n. An iron ore of a bright bluish black, _c.
TORT, n. [L. tortus, twisted, from torqueo. The primary sense is to turn or stra...