Lexicographical Neighbors of Torquer
Literary usage of Torquer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elizabethan Critical Essays by George Gregory Smith (1904)
"... article in Notes and Queries, 6th Ser. v. 165 (4 Mar. 1882). The etymology is
uncertain. Such a formation from Fr. torquer, ..."
2. Elizabethan Critical Essays by George Gregory Smith (1904)
"... article in No/es and Queries, 6th Ser. v. 165 (4 Mar. 1882). The etymology is
uncertain. Such a formation from Fr. torquer, ..."
3. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"Torquer mada, who fears he will not be believed if he states the actual number
who took part in the exodus, takes pains to assure us that the historic ..."
4. A New Pocket Dictionary of the French and English Languages: In Two Parts by Thomas Nugent, J. Ouiseau (1830)
"... a bull-fighter Tori, on Tory, a Tory, courtier Torpille, sf. cramp-fish Torque,
a band tied, or interlaced (in heraldry} Torquer, vn. to * make rolls of ..."
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