distomidæ

[Mod. Lat. distom (a) (q. v.), and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idœ.] Zool .: A family of Trematoda, type Distoma. *dis-tor que-ment (que as k), 8. [Lat. dis torqueo = to twist, to distort.] A distortion, a writhing. "Like the distorquements of a darted conscience."Feltham: Resolves. dis-tort, v. t. [Fr. détorquer, détordre; Sp. & Port. detorcer; Ital. dist or cere.] [DISTORT, а.] I. Literally: 1. To twist, bend, or put out of the natural figure or posture; to deform, to disfigure. "And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow and the rust on his mail." Byron: Destruction of Sennacherib. 2. To represent in a distorted form: as, His features were distorted in the mirror. IMG:content-0223.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To turn or twist from the true meaning; to wrest, to pervert. "The words of Mr. Hooker, thus pitifully distorted ."Hammond: Works , vol. ii., pt. ii., p. 51. For the difference between to distort and to turn, see TURN. Is-tort', a. [Lat. distort us , pa. par. of dist or queo to twist aside: dis away, apart; torqueo =to twist.] Distorted. "Her face was ugly, and her mouth distort." Spenser: F. Q. , V. xii. 36. dis-tort-ěd, pa . par . & a. [DISTORT, ν.] 1. Lit .: Twisted, turned, or bent from the natural course or figure. "Seated here On thy distorted root, with hearers none." Cowper : Yardley Oak. *dis-tort-ed-ly, adv . [Eng. distorted ; ly.] In a distorted or perverted manner; by perversion. "They violently and distortedly pervert the natural order of things." Cudworth: Morality, bk. iv., ch. iv.