torbite (torbit)

[Origin obscure.) The trade-mark name of a preparation of peat, at ed silk, or of richer material, in such a way as to give it a slight resemblance to a hat with a brim. Its complete form was reached about 1560. It was generally adorned with a small plume. The Swi e in black velvet toques , led by 2 gallant cavalieres habited in scarlet-colour'd sattin. IMG:content-0607.png:[blocks in formation] 3. The bonnet-macaque, Macacus sinensis, so called from the arrangement of the hairs of the head into a kind of toque or cap; also, some similar monkey, as M. pileolatus of Ceylon. See cut under bonnet - macaque.-4. А small nominal money of account, used in trading on some parts of the west coast of Africa. Forty cowries make one toque, and five toques one hen or gallinha. Simmonds. tor1 (tôr), n. [ There a tempest hom toke on the torres hegh. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1983. Lancashire, England, about 1865. It was made by pulping the peat, molding it into blocks, and then drying it. The material thus prepared was converted into charcoal for smelting purposes, or partially charred for use as fuel for generating steam, or in the puddling-furnace. Many attempts have been made in England, France, and Germany to utilize peat in this way, but their succe has been small.