torridness

[Eng. torrid; -ne .] The quality or state of being torrid; the state of being very hot or parched. Tor-ri-dồn, s. [See def.] Geog.: An inlet, thirteen miles long by three broad, 1. Lit .: A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the divided by peninsulas into an upper and a lower like; a violent and rapid stream or current. IMG:content-1253.png:[blocks in formation] Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage." Milton: P. L. , ii. 581. torrent-bow, s. A bow often seen over cascades and waterfalls under conditions similar to those that render the rainbow (q.v.) visible. It is caused by the decomposition of solar rays by the spray. Four pur rent ent- bow ." floating as they fell, Tennyson. Palace of Art, 36. *tor-ren-tial (ti as sh), a. [Eng.torrent; -ial .] Of the nature of a torrent; flowing violently; violent. "Torrential rains have carried away a large portion of the buildings in course of construction at Obock, the damage done being very considerable." - London Daily Telegraph. boil, boy; pout, jowl; cat, çell, chorus, 259 IMG:content-1254.png:[blocks in formation] *tor-ri-fỹ, v . t. [Eng. torr i(d); suff. -fy .] To scorch, to parch, to dry up. [TORREFY.] *tor-ril, s. [Etym. doubtful.] A worthle woman or horse. tor-rock, s. [TARROCK.] tor-ron-têş, subst. [Sp.] A kind of white grape grown in Spain. tor-sal, tor'-sel, s. [Etym. doubtful.] Carp.: A short beam under the end of a girder, where it rests on a brick wall. "When you lay any timber on brickwork, as torsels for mantle trees to lie on, or lintels over windows, lay them in loam." - Moxon : Mechanical Exercises. torse (1), subst. [O. Fr., from tors , torse =twisted, from Lat. tort us , pa. par. of torqueo =to twist.] Her.: A wreath; a twisted scroll. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; torse (2), s . [Ital. torso .] A torso (q. v.). "Though wanting the head and the other extremities, if dug from a ruin the torse becomes inestimable."-Gold smith : Polite Learning , ch. iv. tor'-sel (1), 8. [TORSAL.]