Definition of Torses

1. torse [n] - See also: torse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Torses

torrs
tors
torsade
torsade de pointes
torsades
torsades de pointes
torsades des pointes
torsal
torsalo
torsals
torsatron
torse
torsed
torsel
torsels
torses (current term)
torshi
torsi
torsibility
torsiometer
torsion
torsion angle
torsion balance
torsion disease of childhood
torsion dystonia
torsion fracture
torsion neurosis
torsion of a tooth
torsion of appendage
torsion of testis

Literary usage of Torses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Solid Geometry by Percival Frost (1886)
"Developable Surfaces or torses. Let Aa, Bb, Cc, ... be a series of straight lines taken in order, according to any proposed law, BO as to satisfy the ..."

2. A Naval and Military Technical Dictionary of the French Language: In Two by Robert Burn (1870)
"... swell of a —, renflement, m. ; twisted or wreathed —> colonne toree ; twisted and fluted —, colonne a cannelures torses ; — twisted separately, ..."

3. Heraldry for Craftsmen & Designers by William Henry St. John Hope (1913)
"... Caps of Estate : Their possible origin and introduction into Heraldry; The Colour of Caps; The Placing of Crests upon Caps; Wreaths or torses; ..."

4. Heraldry for Craftsmen & Designers by William Henry St. John Hope (1913)
"... Caps of Estate: Their possible origin and introduction into Heraldry; The Colour of Caps; The Placing of Crests upon Caps; Wreaths or torses; ..."

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