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TORREFY v. 3 definitions
To dry by a fire. Sir T. Browne.
TORRENS SYSTEM n.
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 (act 15 of 1857-58), drafted by Sir Robert Torrens (1814-84). Its essential feature is the guaranty by the government of properly registered titles. The system has be…
TORRENT n. 3 definitions
the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice. The roaring torrent is deep and wide. Longfellow.
TORRENTIAL; TORRENTINE a.
Of or pertaining to a torrent; having the character of a torrent; caused by a torrent . [R.]
TORRICELLIAN 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 barometer, is due to atmospheric pressure. See Barometer. Torricellian tube, a glass tube thirty or more inches in length, open at the lower end and hermetically sealed at th…
TORRID a. 2 definitions
Parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert. "Barca or Cyrene's torrid soil." Milton.
TORRIDITY n.
Torridness. [R.]
TORRIDNESS n.
The quality or state of being torrid or parched.
TORRIL n.
A worthless woman; also, a worthless horse. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
TORROCK n.
A gull. [Prov. Eng.]
TORSADE n.
A twisted cord; also, a molded or worked ornament of similar form.
TORSAL n.
A torsel. Knight.
TORSE n. 2 definitions
A wreath.
TORSEL n.
A plate of timber for the end of a beam or joist to rest on. Gwilt
TORSIBILLTY n.
The tendency, as of a rope, to untwist after being twisted.
TORSION n. 2 definitions
g twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction.
TORSION ELECTROMETER n.
A torsion balance used for measuring electric attraction or repulsion.
TORSION GALVANOMETER n.
A galvanometer in which current is measured by torsion.
TORSION HEAD n.
That part of a torsion balance from which the wire or filament is suspended.
TORSION INDICATOR n.
An autographic torsion meter.
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