Tornado

tQr-na'do, n.; pi. -does, -doz. * A violent wind or tempest disting. by a whirling, progre ive motion; a hurricane. • Torpedo, tor-pe'do, n. (Ichth.) A fish allied to the which can give electric shocks; cramp-fish. A machine used for destroying ships by blowing them up; a small ball or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object; a shell which explodes when trod upon.-Tor'pid, a. Havor the powlorpeuo. ing lost motion, erof exertion and feeling; numb; dull; stupid; gish; inactive. — Torpid'ity, -I-tl, n. — Tor'pidne , -pitude, -pl-tud,?i. State of being torpid; numbne ; dullne ; inactivity; sluggishne ; stupidity.— por, n. State of being torpid; lo of motion, the power of motion; numbne ; inactivity; ne ; lazine ; sluggishne ; stupidity. — Torpor if'ic, a. Tending to produce torpor.