Torpedo

Chamber's Etymological of the English Language · 1895 · p. 534
tor-pS'do, n. a species of eel having the head.— «. To er. Tom up, to throw a coin power of giving an electric shock when touched into the air and wager on winch side will fall. so as to produce torpor or numbne , the cramp- {Celt., as W tout in', to jerk, for, a quick jerk.] fish a submarine apparatus for destroying Tost, tost, a form of To ed, pa.p. of TOSS. shipping by explosion [L. torpeo to be stiff.) Total, adj. whole: complete undivided.— Torpeaceut, tor-pes'ent, adj becoming torpixi or «, the whole the entire amount.—-adv. To'tally. numb. n. Torpes'ceace. L. pr.p. of torpesco, (Fr.— Low L. total is—L. tot us, whole. to become torpeo, to be stiff.] Totality. tfi-talVti, n the whole sum, quantity, Torpid, tor'pid, adj,, stiff, numb: having lost the or amount. power of motion and feeling; sluggish.—adv. Totem, m'tctn, «. among the North American Tor'pidly.- w. Tor'pldnesa, [L. torpid its — Indians, an animal or vegetable regarded as the torpeo protector of a tribe. Torpidity, tor-pid'i-ti, TorpitudB, tor'pi-tQd, n. Totter, tot ir, v to shake as if about to fall to 624 flte, flir; mi, hir; mine; mOte; mttte mfJOn; Men. 534 IMG:page-534.webp:Page 534 n Toucan be unsteady: to stagger; to shake. Tott’- erer. [Frob. imitative.} TOUOafl, tdO'kan, n, a genus of S American birds, with a very large bill. (Fr. —Brazilian.]
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