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Torpidness. [Obs.] "In a kind of torpitude, or sleeping state." Derham.

Dullness; sluggishness; inactivity; as, a torpor of the mental faculties.

Tending to produce torpor.

Collared; having a torques, or distinct colored ring around the neck.

Having or wearing a torque, or neck chain.

That which tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces. J. Thomson.

Wreathed; twisted. [R.]

A cervical ring of hair or feathers, distinguished by its color or structure; a collar.

The act or process of torrefying, or the state of being torrefied. Bp. Hall.

To dry by a fire. Sir T. Browne.

inct 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 been generally adopted in Australia and British Colum…

the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice. The roaring torrent is deep and wide. Longfellow.

Of or pertaining to a torrent; having the character of a torrent; caused by a torrent . [R.]

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…

Parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert. "Barca or Cyrene's torrid soil." Milton.

Torridness. [R.]

The quality or state of being torrid or parched.

A worthless woman; also, a worthless horse. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A gull. [Prov. Eng.]

A twisted cord; also, a molded or worked ornament of similar form.