Torne

[ tawr-nuh ]

/ ˈtɔr nə /

a river in N Sweden, forming part of the Swedish-Finnish border, flowing SE to the Gulf of Bothnia. 354 miles (570 km) long.

QUIZZES

Even if you can't be a professional chef, you can at least talk like one with this vocabulary quiz.

Question 1 of 9

You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

Also called Tor·ni·o

[tawr-nee-oh]. /ˈtɔr niˌoʊ/.

By this tale ye may se that one ought to take hede how he rebukyth an other lest it torne moste to his owne rebuke.
Shakespeare Jest-Books;|Unknown
Fortune says:—'I torne the whirlinge wheel with the torning cercle'; Boethius, bk.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
Wherfore after they had tossed it from one to another (by the meanes wherof it was torne) they did neglecte and caste it aside.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 486|Various
The hamlet is situated near the junction of the Torne river with the Muonio, and had a church.
The Land of the Long Night|Paul du Chaillu

Moreover, we were advertised that there lay in the way where we should passe, many dead bodies eaten and torne with wolves.
The Golden Asse|Lucius Apuleius