tortile (tortil)

[ A hundred torne y haffe schot with hem, Under hes tortyll tree. tortillé (tor-te-lyā'), a. [OF., pp. of tortiller , twist, torquere , pp. tort us , twist: see tort , and cf. tortil .] In her .: (a) Same as nowed . (b) Same as wreathed. tortillon (F. pron. tôr-te-lyôn'), n. In char- coal-drawing, a kind of paper stump, made of strips of paper rolled so as to form a point. F. Fowler , Charcoal Drawing, p. 12. tortiont (tôr's hon), n. An obsolete spelling of As knots, by the conflux of meeting sap, Infect the sound pine, and divert his grain Tortive and errant from his course of growth. Shak ., T. and C., i. 3. 9. An obsolete form of turtle2 . tortlet, n. tortne (tôrt'nes), n. The state of being tort or taut. See tort4. Bailey , 1727. tortoise (tôr'tis or tort us), n. [Early mod. E. also tortoyse, torte e; tortuce ( tortuce ?); ME. also tortu , tortue , tor- tugue , F. tortue = Pr. tortuga , tartuga = OSp. tortuga , tartuga , Sp. tortuga = Pg. tartaruga = OIt. tartuga , also tartaruga , tarteruga , tarteruc- ca, It. tartaruga (ML. tortuca , tartuga ), a tor- toise, so named on account of its crooked feet, tort us , twisted: see tort1 , and cf. tortue , tortuous . The termination seems to be con- formed in E. to that of porpoise , and in Rom., vaguely, to that of L. testudo , tortoise (see tes- tudo ). The word has undergone extraordinary variations of form, the latest being that which appears in tortle , now turtle : see turtle2 .] 1. A turtle; any chelonian or testudinate; a mem- ber of the order Chelonia or Testudinata (see the technical terms). It is not known what species the name originally designated; probably a land-for toise of southern Europe, as Testudo græca. There is a tendency to distinguish terrestrial chelonians from aquatic ones, the former as tortoises , the latter as turtles ; yet tortoise- A Fresh-water Tortoise ( Emys lutaria ). Dislodging pinnacle and parapet Upon the tortoise creeping to the wall. Alligator-tortoise. Same as alligator -terrapin. Ele phant tortoise, the giant Testudo elephant opus of the Galapagos, the largest living representative of the Testudi- nid a : sometimes also called Indian tortoise and elephant terrapin . See cut under Testudinata . - Sculptured tor- toise. See sculptured . - Soft-shelled or soft tortoises. See soft - shelled . Spotted tortoise, a common tortoise of the United States, Chelopus guttatus . - Wood-tortoise, Chelopus insculpt us of the United States. tortoise-beetle (tôr'tis-bē"tl), n. A leaf-beetle of the family Ca idida : so called from the Chelone . tortoise-headed (tor'tis-hed"ed), a. Having a head like or suggesting a tortoise's: specifically noting the ringed sea-serpent, Emydocephalus tortoise-plant (tôr'tis-plant), n. rican plant, Testudinaria elephant i pes , having a bulky, woody rootstock above the ground, the exterior of which by cracking gains the appear-tortricine (tôr'tri-sin), a . and n. ance of a tortoise-shell. This body, from having been used as food, is also called Hottentot's - bread , and its appeartortricoid (tôr'tri-koid), a. In herpet ., having ance before it is full-grown suggests the name elephant's foot . See Testudinaria . tortoise-rotifer (tôr'tis-rō"ti-fer), n. A wheel- tortoise-shell (tôr'tis-shel), n. and a. I. n. 1. The outer shell, or one of the scutes or scales, of certain sea-turtles or marine chelonians, es- pecially of Eretmochelys imbricata , the hawk's- bill turtle, or caret, a species which inhabits tropical seas. These horny scales or plates, which cover the carapace in regular and symmetrical pieces, are a spe- cially thickened epidermis, of beautifully mottled and the underlying bones of the shell. Similar epidermal scutes cover most tortoises or turtles, but tortoise - shell is mainly restricted to such as have commercial value. These scales are extensively used in the manufacture of combs, snuff-boxes, etc., and in inlaying and other ornamental work. They become very plastic when heated, and when cold retain with sharpne any form they may be molded to in the heated state. Pieces can also be welded together under the pre ure of hot irons. The quality of tortoise- shell depends mainly on the thickne and size of the scales, and in a smaller degree upon the clearne and brilliancy of the colors. The best tortoise-shell is that obtained in the Indian archipelago. It is now largely imitated in horn, and in artificial compounds of much le cost. See cuts under carapace , Chelonia , Eretmochelys , and plastron . 2. A tortoise-shell cat. See II., 2.-3. With a qualifying word, one of certain nymphalid but- terflies: so called from the tortoise-shell-like maculation. Aglais milberti is the nettle tor- toise-shell, and Vane a urticæ is the small tortoise-shell. They only fished up the clerk's tortoise - shell spectacles. Barham , In golds by Legends, II. 44. Pretty dears! they used to carry ivory or tortoiseshell combs, curiously ornamented, with them, and comb their precious wigs in public. 2. Mottled with black and yellow:: as, a tortoise- shell cat or butterfly. The cat of this name is a mere color-variety of the domestic animal; the insect is a vanes- soid, as Vane a urticæ or V. polychlora . - Tortoise-shell goose. See goose . - Tortoise-shell tiger. See tiger . Tortoise-shell ware, a fine pottery colored with oxid of copper and manganese so that the color penetrates the paste itself, producing a certain resemblance to the mark- ing of tortoise-shell. shell is fixed as the name of the commercial product of zebra-wood. certain sea-turtles. (See box - tortoise , land - tortoise , terra tort oust, n. A Middle English form of tortoise . pin, turtle, mud-turtle, sea- turtle2 .) Tortoises of some kind are found in most parts, and especially the warmer tortozon (têr'to-zon), n. [Sp.] A large Span- IMG:content-0629.png:[blocks in formation] testudo. ish grape. Tortrices (tôr-tri'sēz), n. pl . [NL. (Linnæus, 1758), pl. of Tortrix , q. v.] The Tortricidæ as a superfamily of hetero cerous lepidopterous insects, including those Microlepidoptera whose larvæ are known as leaf - rollers . The group has not been generally adopted, most lepidopterists preferring to consider these moths as forming simply a family. tortricid (tôr'tri-sid), a . and n. I. a. 1. In en- tom . , of or belonging to the lepidopterous family tom . , o Tortricidæ , or having their characters.-2. In IMG:content-0630.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-0631.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0632.jpg:[blocks in formation] If thou dost slander her and torture me, Never pray more. Shak., Othello, iii. 3. 368. A secret unrest Tortured thee, brilliant and bold! 2. To punish with torture; put to the torture. Men taken by their enemies were tortured to the point of death, but revived to be tortured again, and killed at last with every refinement of savage cruelty. 3. To wrest from the natural position or state; especially, in a figurative sense, to distort; pervert; torment. This place had been tortured by interpreters and pulled to pieces by disputation. IMG:content-0633.png:[blocks in formation] torvedt (tôrvd), a . torve2. The spectators who shed tears at the torturous cruci- fixion. 1. D'Israeli , Amen. of Lit., I. 395. torvityt (tôr'vi-ti), n. torula (tor'ö-lä), n.; pl. torulæ (-lē). [NL., torvus , L. torulus , dim. of torus , a swelling, protuber- ance: see torus .] 1. In bot . , a small torus.- A of mucedinous fungi, having in a series. About 100 species are known. toruli, n. Plural of torulus . toruli form (tor'ö-li-form), a . [ torula , q. v., + L. form a , form.] Having the form of a torula; moniliform, like a string of beads. toruloid (tor'o-loid), a . [ Torula +-oid.] In bot ., pertaining to or resembling the genus Torula. torulose (tor'ö-lōs), a . [NL. torulus , torula , + -ose.] 1. In bot . , diminutively or slightly to- rose.-2. In entom .: ( a ) Having a few rounded torulous (tor'ö-lus), a . bot . , same as torulose . Derham, Physico-Theol., v. 8. Torvulæ (tôrvū-lē), n. pl . [NL., dim. of L. torvus , grim, fierce: see torvous .] In bot ., same as Mycoderma . dim. of L. torus , a swelling, protuberance: see torus.] In entom ., the socket of the antenna; a cavity of the head in which the base of the antenna is socketed. torus (tō'rus), n.; pl. tori (-ri). [ torum (also erroneously thorus ), a swelling, pro- tube rance, knot, bulge, a raised ornament, a mattre , bed.] 1. In arch ., a large convex molding of semicircular profile or a profile of ally as the lowest member of the base, above Tori, as used in an Attic Ionic base. - Northwest angle column of north porch of Erechtheum, Athens. The upper convex molding is a braided torus, the hollow molding next below a scotia, and the lower convex molding a plain torus. the plinth when this is present. It differs from the astragal only in size, the astragal being much smaller. Sometimes called tore . See also cuts under base and column . -2. In bot . , the re- IMG:content-0634.jpg:[graphic] tory The Tory was originally an Irish robber, and the term was applied by Oates to the disbelievers in the Popish plot, was afterwards extended to the Irish Catholic friends of the Duke of York at the time of the Exclusion Bill, and soon became the designation of the whole body of his supporters. Lecky, Eng. in 18th Cent., i. 4. [ cap.] In American hist., a member of the British party during the Revolutionary period; a loyalist. The Tories were very numerous, especially in the Middle and Southern colonies, and many of them took arms for the king. They were frequently severely persecuted, and after the war many of them emigrated to Canada and elsewhere. Washington will not trust us with the keeping of a suspected Tory, if we let the rascal trifle in this manner with the corps. J. F. Cooper, The Spy, xxix. 5. [ cap.] In general, a conservative; one who favors established authority and institutions, especially in a monarchy or an aristocracy; a person of aristocratic principles, as opposed to a democrat or a radical. Purrus Ram and Khoom Da are in attendance, and fear greatly that the party of the Viziers, to whom they are opposed, will hurl them from power, and that the To ries of Bu ahir will triumph. W. H. Ru ell, Diary in India, II. 191. High Tory, an upholder or advocate of an extreme type of Toryism. II. a. Pertaining to or characteristic of tories, in any sense; specifically [ cap .], belonging or relating to the Tories: as, a Tory government; Tory principles or measures. See I. "Surrender! you servants of King George," shouted the leader,. "or I will let a little of your tory blood from J. F. Cooper , The Spy, xxii. your veins." The party led by Sir Robert Peel no longer called itself "Tory," but "Conservative." Contemporary Rev., LL. 4. Tory Democracy, the principles or views of the Tory Democrats; also, the Tory Democrats collectively. - Tory Democrats, in recent British politics, those members of the Conservative party who are supposed to incline more or le to democratic ideas and methods.