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[Mod. Lat., from Lat. tordy lion, tordylon; Gr. tordylion, tordylon = hartwort. (See def.)] Bot .: Hartwort; a genus of Pence dan ide. Umbels compound; bracts and bracteoles linear, or none; petals incurved at the tip; carpels with three dorsal and two distant marginal ribs, all indistinct, with one or three vittæ in their interstices. Known species twelve, from the temperate parts of the Old World. töre, pret. of v. [TEAR, v.] It is used rarely as a pa. par. "Yet was his helmet hacked and hewed, His acton pierced and tore ." Scott: Eve of St. John. töre (1), s . [Etym. doubtful.] The dead gra that remains on mowing land in winter and spring. "Proportion according to rowen or tore upon the ground."-Mortimer: Husbandry. töre (2), s. [TORUS.] tor-e-a-dor', tor-rě-a-dor', 8. [Sp., from toro (Lat. taurus )=a bull.] A bull-fighter, especially one who fights on horseback. to-re-ni-a, s. [Named after Olaf Toren, a Swed ish clergyman, who discovered Torenia asiatica in China.] Bot.: A genus of Linderniese. Herbs with opposite leaves and racemes of personate flowers, purple, lilac, pale blue, or white. From India, tropical Australia, and South America. The juice of the leaves of Torenia asiatica is considered on the Malabar coast to be a cure for gonorrhea. *to-rette, to-rete, s . [Fr. touret =a drill.] A ring, such as those by which a hawk's lune or leash was fastened to the je es, or such as are affixed to dogs' collars. to-reu-ma-tog'-ra-phy, s . [Gr. toreuma (gen it. toreumatos )=work in relief, and graphō =to write.] A description of ancient sculptures and ba o-relieves.