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Torture; torment. [Obs.] Chaucer.

One who, or that which, torments; one who inflicts penal anguish or tortures. Jer. Taylor. Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings. Milton.

A woman who torments. Fortune ordinarily cometh after to whip and punish them, as the scourge and tormentress of glory and honor. Holland.

Anything producing torment, annoyance, or pain. [Obs.] Chaucer.

acute, colicky pains; gripes.

Affected with tormina; griping.

p. p. of Tear.

rling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a small cyclone.

The peculiar free swimming larva of Balanoglossus. See Illust. in Append.

Cylindrical with alternate swellings and contractions; having the surface covered with rounded prominences.

The quality or state of being torose.

Torose.

Of or pertaining to a torpedo; resembling a torpedo; exerting a benumbing influence; stupefying; dull; torpid. Fishy were his eyes; torpedinous was his manner. De Quincey.

Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See Electrical fish, under Electrical.

An automobile body which is built so that the side surfaces are flush. [Cant]

A spar formerly carried by men-of-war, having a torpedo on its end.

A small fast vessel for pursuing and destroying torpedo boats.

which consists of about 130 pounds of high explosive. It has no soft cap, and is intended to effect its damage by the powerful explosion which follows on slight resistance. It is used chiefly in 12-inch mortars.

A headquarters for torpedo vessels and their supplies, usually having facilities for repairs and for instruction and experiments. The principal torpedo station of the United States is at Newport, R.I.

A broad stern without overhang, flattened on the bottom, used in some torpedo and fast power boats. It prevents settling in the water at high speed.