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n.
A plate of timber for the end of a beam or joist to rest on.
n.
That which tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces.
n.
Same as Torsk.
n.
A torsel.
n.
That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material, returns, or tends to return, to a state of rest after it has been twisted; torsibility.
n.
The cusk. See Cusk.
n.
The codfish. Called also tusk.
v. i.
To be contorted; to writhe; to be distorted by torsion; to be united by winding round each other; to be or become twisted; as, some strands will twist more easily than others.
pl.
of Torso
n.
The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.
pl.
of Torso
v. t.
To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to torsion; as, to twist a shaft.
n.
A large, edible, marine fish (Brosmius brosme), allied to the cod, common on the northern coasts of Europe and America; -- called also tusk and torsk.
a.
Of or pertaining to torsion; resulting from torsion, or the force with which a thread or wire returns to a state of rest after having been twisted round its axis; as, torsional force.
n.
The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction.
n.
A wreath.
n.
The tendency, as of a rope, to untwist after being twisted.
n.
Salted and dried fish, especially codfish, hake, ling, and torsk; also, codfish dried without being salted.
a.
Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence, perverted.
n.
A developable surface. See under Developable.
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