torridity (to rid it i)

[ ing torrid; the state of being very hot or parched. torrify, v. t. See torrefy. IMG:content-0627.png:[blocks in formation] 3. In surg., the twisting of the cut end of a small artery in a wound or after an operation, for the purpose of checking hemorrhage. The bleeding ve el is seized with a forceps, drawn out for about one fourth of an inch, and twisted round several times till A tempest hym toke o the torr it ythes [waves], That myche laburt the lede er he lond caght. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), l. 13489.