Definition of tort

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Tort (a.) Stretched tight; taut.

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Extortion :: Extortion (n.) The offense committed by an officer who corruptly claims and takes, as his fee, money, or other thing of value, that is not due, or more than is due, or before it is due..
Wheel :: Wheel (n.) An instrument of torture formerly used.
Bevel :: Bevel (a.) Hence: Morally distorted; not upright.
Cremate :: Cremate (v. t.) To burn; to reduce to ashes by the action of fire, either directly or in an oven or retort; to incremate or incinerate; as, to cremate a corpse, instead of burying it..
Lammergeier :: Lammergeier (n.) A very large vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them
Intorted :: Intorted (imp. & p. p.) of Intor.
Torturingly :: Torturingly (adv.) So as to torture.
Excruciating :: Excruciating () Torturing; racking.
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal..
Testudinata :: Testudinata (n. pl.) An order of reptiles which includes the turtles and tortoises. The body is covered by a shell consisting of an upper or dorsal shell, called the carapace, and a lower or ventral shell, called the plastron, each of which consists of several plates..
Bleed :: Bleed (v. i.) To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause..
Curl :: Curl (v. i.) To contract or bend into curls or ringlets, as hair; to grow in curls or spirals, as a vine; to be crinkled or contorted; to have a curly appearance; as, leaves lie curled on the ground..
Picket :: Picket (v. t.) To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
Tortuoslty :: Tortuoslty (n.) the quality or state of being tortuous.
Distortion :: Distortion (n.) The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body..
Polt :: Polt (a.) Distorted.
Roller :: Roller (n.) Any species of small ground snakes of the family Tortricidae.
Tortious :: Tortious (a.) Injurious; wrongful.
Tortoise :: Tortoise (n.) having a color like that of a tortoise's shell, black with white and orange spots; -- used mostly to describe cats of that color..
Booting :: Booting (n.) A kind of torture. See Boot, n., 2..
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