Tornado

tSr-na'do, n. pi. -does, -d5z. A violent wind or tempest disting. by a whirling, progre ive motion; a hurricane. [Sp. tornar, . tornare, to turn. — a whirling wind: see Turn.] Torpedo, tor-pe'do. h. (k-hth.) A fish allied to the ray, which can give elect] shocks; cramp-fish. A machine used for destroying -* ships by blowing them up; a small ball or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object a shell which explodes when trod upon. [L., name of the fish, also numbne , fr. tor- Torpedo. pere, to be numb, or torpid, prob. orig. to grow fat and sluggish, and Gr. trephein, to feed, ter- — pein, to full, Skr. trip, to be sated, E. sturdy.] Torpes'cent, -pes's ent, a. Becoming torpid or numb. [L. torpescens, p. pr. of torpescere, to grow numb, or torpid, incept, of torpere.] — Tor'pid, a. Having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb dull stupid sluggish inactive. [L. torpidvs.] — Torpidity, -Y-tT, n.— Tor'pidne , -pitude, -pt-tud. n. State of being torpid; numbne ; dullne : inactivity; sluggishne ; stupidity. — Tor'por, n. State of being torpid; lo of motion, or of the power of motion; numbne ; inactivity; dullne ; lazine ; sluggishne ; stupidity. [L.] — Torpor iF a. Tending to produce torpor. [L. torpor and facere, to make.]