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Leprosy :: Leprosy (n.) A cutaneous disease which first appears as blebs or as reddish, shining, slightly prominent spots, with spreading edges. These are often followed by an eruption of dark or yellowish prominent nodules, frequently producing great deformity. In one variety of the disease, anaesthesia of the skin is a prominent symptom. In addition there may be wasting of the muscles, falling out of the hair and nails, and distortion of the hands and feet with destruction of the bones and joints. It is

Fata Morgana :: Fata Morgana () A kind of mirage by which distant objects appear inverted, distorted, displaced, or multiplied. It is noticed particularly at the Straits of Messina, between Calabria and Sicily..

Intortion :: Intortion (n.) See Intorsion.

Wrest :: Wrest (n.) The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion..

Distort :: Distort (v. t.) To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally.

Bevel :: Bevel (a.) Hence: Morally distorted; not upright.

Strapper :: Strappado (v. t.) To punish or torture by the strappado.

Polling :: Polling (n.) Plunder, or extortion..

Bistort :: Bistort (n.) An herbaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, section Bistorta; snakeweed; adderwort. Its root is used in medicine as an astringent..

Meander :: Meander (n.) A tortuous or intricate movement.

Chelonia :: Chelonia (n. pl.) An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles, peculiar in having a part of the vertebrae, ribs, and sternum united with the dermal plates so as to form a firm shell. The jaws are covered by a horny beak. See Reptilia; also, Illust. in Appendix..

Retorting :: Retorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retor.

Torture :: Torture (n.) The act or process of torturing.

Engine :: Engine (n.) Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture..

Thumbscrew :: Thumbscrew (n.) An old instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumbkin.

Torturingly :: Torturingly (adv.) So as to torture.

Converter :: Converter (n.) A retort, used in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal..

Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

Grimaced :: Grimaced (a.) Distorted; crabbed.

Distorted :: Distorted (imp. & p. p.) of Distor.

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