torse
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of torse
1565–75; < Middle French: wreath, noun use of feminine of tors twisted < Late Latin torsus (past participle), for Latin tortus, past participle of torquēre to twist
Example Sentences
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A regulus such that consecutive lines on it do not intersect, in this sense, is called a skew surface, or scroll; one on which they do is called a developable surface or torse.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
From the circle of your cropped hair there is light, and about your male torse and the foot-arch and the straight ankle.
From Sea Garden by H. D. (Hilda Doolittle)
They are a lemon and white variety, with torse or bent legs.
From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert
On a helmet and torse, issuing out of a cloud argent, a sinister arm proper, holding a salt as the former.
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
Quelle a �t� l'original du torse d'Hercule, ce chef-d'œuvre que palpait de ses mains intelligentes Michel-Ange aveugle et r�duit � ne plus voir que par elles?
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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