tory.html - n. & adj.
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(pl. -ies)
1 colloq. = CONSERVATIVE n. 2.
2 hist. a member of the party that opposed the exclusion of James II and later supported the established religious and political order and gave rise to the Conservative party (opp. WHIG).
3 US hist. a loyal colonist during the American Revolution.

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colloq. = CONSERVATIVE adj. 3.

Toryism n. [orig. = Irish outlaw, prob. f. Ir. f. t×ir pursue]

tory.html - See: CARRY A TORCH.

tory.html - n.
a hill or rocky peak, esp. in Devon or Cornwall. [OE torr: cf. Gael. tèrr bulging hill]

tory.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]

tory.html - var. of TORQUE 1.

tory.html - n. & v.
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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.

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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]