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Abstorted
Abstorted Ab*stort"ed, a. [As if fr. abstort, fr. L. ab, abs +
tortus, p. p. of torquere to twist.]
Wrested away. [Obs.] --Bailey.
Contorted
Contorted Con*tort"ed, a.
1. Twisted, or twisted together. ``A contorted chain of
icicles.' --Massinger.
2. (Bot.)
(a) Twisted back upon itself, as some parts of plants.
(b) Arranged so as to overlap each other; as, petals in
contorted or convolute [ae]stivation.
DistortedDistort Dis*tort", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distorted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Distorting.]
1. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside
physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body.
Whose face was distorted with pain. --Thackeray.
2. To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to
twist aside mentally or morally.
Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and
distort the understandings of men. --Tillotson.
3. To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort
passages of Scripture, or their meaning.
Syn: To twist; wrest; deform; pervert. Distorter
Distorter Dis*tort"er, n.
One who, or that which, distorts.
ExtortedExtort Ex*tort", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extorted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Extorting.] [L. extortus, p. p. of extorquere to twist
or wrench out, to extort; ex out + torquere to turn about,
twist. See Torsion.]
1. To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force,
menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise
of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear
away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort
contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions
of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a
debt.
2. (Law) To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion,
2. Extorter
Extorter Ex*tort"er, n.
One who practices extortion.
IntortedIntort In*tort", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intorted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Intorting.] [L. intortus, p. p. of intoquere to twist;
pref. in- in + torquere to twist.]
To twist in and out; to twine; to wreathe; to wind; to wring.
--Pope. RetortedRetort Re*tort", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retorted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Retorting.] [L. retortus, p. p. of retorquere; pref. re-
re- + torquere to turn twist. See Torsion, and cf.
Retort, n., 2.]
1. To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.
With retorted head, pruned themselves as they
floated. --Southey.
2. To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.
As when his virtues, shining upon others, Heat them
and they retort that heat again To the first giver.
--Shak.
3. To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or
incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity.
And with retorted scorn his back he turned.
--Milton. Retorter
Retorter Re*tort"er, n.
One who retorts.
TorteauTorteau Tor"teau, n.; pl. Torteaus. [Of. torteau, tortel,
from L. tortus twisted. See Tort.] (Her.)
A roundel of a red color. TorteausTorteau Tor"teau, n.; pl. Torteaus. [Of. torteau, tortel,
from L. tortus twisted. See Tort.] (Her.)
A roundel of a red color.
Meaning of Torte from wikipedia
- A
torte (/ˈtɔːrt/; from German:
Torte (German pronunciation: [ˈtɔrtə]), in turn from
Latin via Italian: torta) is a rich,
usually multilayered, cake that...
- Esterházy
torta is a
Hungarian cake (
torte)
named after Prince Paul III
Anton Esterházy de Galántha (1786–1866), a
member of the Esterházy
dynasty and...
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Dobos torte (Hungarian:
dobostorta [ˈdoboʃtortɒ]), also
known as Dobosh, is a
Hungarian sponge cake
layered with
chocolate buttercream and
topped with...
- The
Linzer torte is a
traditional Austrian pastry, a form of
shortbread topped with
fruit preserves and
sliced nuts with a
lattice design on top. It is...
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Runeberg torte (Finnish:
runebergintorttu [ˈruːneberinˌtortːu]; Swedish: Runebergstårta) is a
Finnish torte flavored with
almonds and
arrack or rum and...
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Schmoo torte is a
Canadian dessert.
Although it is
relatively po****r and well-known nationwide, it is most
famous in
Western Canada,
especially Manitoba...
- /ˈsɑːkərtɔːrt/ SAH-kər-tort; German: [ˈzaxɐˌtɔʁtə] ) is a
chocolate cake, or
torte, of
Austrian origin,
invented by
Franz Sacher,
supposedly in 1832 for Prince...
- (pronounced [ˈʃvaʁt͡svɛldɐ ˈkɪʁʃˌtɔʁtə] ),
literally "Black
Forest cherry torte") and
called Black Forest cake in the
United States, is
layer cake consisting...
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Princess cake or
Princess Torte (Swedish: prinsesstårta) is a
traditional Swedish layer cake or
torte consisting of
alternating layers of airy sponge...
- in Hawaii,
adapted by
local baker Robert Taira from the
Hungarian Dobos torte. The cake is made of two to
three layers of
chocolate chiffon cake alternating...
