tortozon

[Sp.] A large Spanish grape. tor-triç-1-dæ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. tortrix (gen it. tortric(is); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idœ.] 1. Entomol .: Leaf-rollers; the typical family of Tort ricin a (q. v.). Anterior wings broad, the costa arched, but not folded. Larvæ rolling up or unit ing leaves, and feeding within the sheath, tube, or case thus formed. 2. Zoology : A family of Innocuous Colubriform Snakes, with three genera, one of which (Cylindrophis) ranges from India through the Malay Islands, while Char in a is found in California, British Columbia, and Tortrix in Tropical America. Body cylindrical, scales smooth; tail conical, stumpy, head short and indistinct; they have a rudimentary pelvis with horny spines projecting close to the vent, and there are vestiges of the hind limbs. Comm.: A variety of Zebra-wood (q. v.). tor-toise-shell (i as ů), s. & a. [Eng. tortoise , unmarked. Larve with sixteen legs. and shell.] A. As substantive: I. Ordinary Language : 1. A tortoiseshell butterfly (q. v.). 2. A tortoiseshell cat (q. v.). II. Technically : 1. Zool .: A popular name for the partial or entire outside covering of the carapace and plastron present in many of the Chelonia. It is in the form of thin plates, united together at their edges, and corresponding, to a certain extent, with the underlying bones of the shell. The number, size, position, coloring and ornamentation of these plates differ greatly even in genera and species. tor-tric-o-dēş, subst. [Mod. Lat. tortrix, gen it. tortric ( is ), and Gr. eidos = form.] Entom.: The sole genus of Tortricodide (q. v.). Anterior wings more than twice as long as wide; costa in the male nearly straight, in the female arched at the base. Only known species, Tortri codes hyemana, a moth with semi-transparent wings, grayish brown, with a darker blotch and fascia. It is abundant in oak woods. tor-tri-co-di-dæ, s. pl. [Modern Latin tortri cod (es); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idœ.) Entom.: A family of Moths nearly intermediate between the groups Tort ricin a and Tineina. [TORT RICO DES.] pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, IMG:content-1256.png:[blocks in formation] And flings about his foam impatient of the wound." Dryden: Ovid; Metamorphoses viii. 2. To punish with the torture; to put to the tor- ture. B. In trans.: To cause excruciating pain; to pain extremely. "The closing flesh that instant ceased to glow, The wound to torture , and the blood to flow." Pope : Homer's Iliad , xi. 985. tor-tu-rer, s. [Eng. tortur (e), v.;-er.] One who or that which tortures; a tormentor. IMG:content-1257.png:[blocks in formation] Could not have baited me more torturingly." Beaum. & Flet.: Laws of Candy , iii. *tor'-tu-rous, a. [Eng. tortur (e); -ous.] Per taining to or involving torture. Bot.: Cylindrical, with several swells and con- tractions, knotted, as the pod of Chelidonium. Nearly the same as Moniliform. ance.] tör'-ŭs, s. [Lat. = a round swelling or protuber- 1. Arch .: A semi-circular projecting molding, occurring in the base of a column of certain orders. It differs from the astragal only in size, the astragal being smaller. Also called a Tore. Bot.: The same as RECEP- TACLE and THALAMUS UPPER tORUS *torve, a . [Lat. torvus= stern, piercing.] Sour, stern. "With a torve and tetrick countenance." - Fuller : Worthies, Lincoln shire. *torved, a . (TORVE.] Stern, grim, torvous. "Yesterday his breath Aw'd Rome, and his last torved frown was death." Webster. *tor-vi-ty, s. [Lat. torvitas .] Sourne , stern- ne ; grimne or severity of countenance. IMG:content-1258.png:[blocks in formation] The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-1260.png:[blocks in formation] 7. To cause to rise and fall; to pitch, or move from one place to another, as with a quick, jerky motion; to dart about. (Generally used of the sea.) "We being exceedingly to ed with the tempest."- Acts xxvii. 16. *8. To agitate; to make restle ; to keep in sus pense . "The souldiers were to ed to and fro with hope and fear."-Brende. Quintus Curtius , fo. 129. *9. To keep in play; to keep repeating. "Spend your years in to ing all the rules of grammar in common schools." -Ascham: Schoolmaster. *10. To dre out. "I remember, a few days ago, to have walked behind a damsel, to ed out in all the gaiety of fifteen."- Gold smith: The Bee, No. 2. On Dre . 11. To gamble with by spinning a coin; as, I'll to you for it. II. Min.: To agitate, as ore, on a kieve; to toze. B. Intransitive: 1. To roll and tumble, to fling; to writhe in violent commotion. 12. To be flung or dashed about; as, A boat to es on the sea. 3. To move up and down. 4. To to up (q. v.). IMG:content-1261.png:[blocks in formation] "As satisfaction to the blust'ring god, To send his to ers forth." Beaum. & Flet.: Maid in the Mill , ii. 2. *to '-1-ly, adv . [English to y ; -ly .] In a to y manner; with affected indifference, carele ne or contempt. (Prov.) "She answered to ily enough."-C. Kingsley: Yeast, ch. vii. to -ing, s. [To , v.] 1. Ord . Lang .: The act of one who, or of that which, to es; the state of being to ed; a rising and falling suddenly; a rolling and tumbling about. "The crawlings of an emmet or to ings of a feather in a tempestuous air."- Search : Light of Nature, vol. ii., pt. iii., ch. xxv. 2. Mining : Tozing; the operation of agitating ore in a tub in which it is rotated in water by a stirrer on a vertical axis. to '-y, a . [Eng. to ; -y.] To ing, especially to ing the head, as in scorn or contempt; hence, affectedly indifferent, offhand, contemptuous. ( Prov .) "Answered by some to y commonplace." -C. Kingsley : Yeast , ch. vii. tost, pret . or pa . par . of v . [To , v .]