Torne

[ tawr-nuh ]

/ ˈtɔr nə /

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noun

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

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Also called Tor·ni·o

[tawr-nee-oh]. /ˈtɔr niˌoʊ/.

Words nearby Torne

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
Wherefore after they had tossed it from one to another (by the meanes whereof it was torne) they did neglect and cast it aside.
Notes & Queries 1850.01.12|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

And the one went out from me and it is sayde of a suertie that he is torne in peaces of wyld beastes/ and I sawe him not sence.
The First Boke of Moses called Genesis|William Tyndale