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English Idioms :: torch
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torlent.html - See: CARRY A TORCH. |
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Traditional English :: tor
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torlent.html - n.
a hill or rocky peak, esp. in Devon or Cornwall. [OE torr: cf. Gael. tèrr bulging hill] |
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Traditional English :: Torah
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torlent.html - n. 1 (usu. prec. by the) a the Pentateuch. b a scroll containing this. 2 the will of God as revealed in Mosaic law. [Heb. torah instruction] |
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Traditional English :: torc
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torlent.html - var. of TORQUE 1. |
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Traditional English :: torch
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torlent.html - n. & v. --n. 1 (also electric torch) Brit. a portable battery-powered electric lamp.
2 a a piece of wood, cloth, etc., soaked in tallow and lighted for illumination. b any similar lamp, e.g. an oil-lamp on a pole.
3 a source of heat, illumination, or enlightenment (bore aloft the torch of freedom).
4 esp. US a blowlamp.
5 US sl. an arsonist. --v.tr. esp. US sl. set alight with a torch. carry a torch for suffer from unrequited love for. put to the torch destroy by burning. torch-fishing catching fish by torchlight at night. torch-race Gk Antiq. a festival performance of runners handing lighted torches to others in relays. torch singer a woman who sings torch songs. torch song a popular song of unrequited love. torch-thistle any tall cactus of the genus Cereus, with funnel-shaped flowers which open at night. [ME f. OF torche f. L torqua f. torquere twist] |
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Traditional English :: torchėre
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torlent.html - n.
a tall stand with a small table for a candlestick etc. [F (as TORCH)] |
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