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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Timber with spiral grain is also known as "torse wood."
From The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing by Record, Samuel J.
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
They are a lemon and white variety, with torse or bent legs.
From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert
Barboux confined himself to swearing and jeering at le Chameau's naked back—diable de torse, as he proclaimed it.
From Fort Amity by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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)
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