tort1 (tort)

tort = Sp. tuerto = It. tor to, thrawn.] 11. Wrong; injustice; harm. The Lyon there did with the Lambe consort, And eke the Dove sate by the Faulcons side; Ne each of other feared fraud or tort . Spenser, F. Q., IV. viii. 31. Sitting on the parapet, and twisting my neck round to see the object of my admiration, I generally left it with a torticollis. Jefferson, To Mme. De Te e (Works, II. 102). wreath: an inexact use. Also called bourrelet.