Definition of tort

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Tort (n.) Mischief; injury; calamity.

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Lash :: Lash (n.) A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
Extortioner :: Extortioner (n.) One who practices extortion.
Distort :: Distort (v. t.) To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning..
Engine :: Engine (v. t.) (Pronounced, in this sense, /////.) To rack; to torture..
Detorsion :: Detorsion (n.) Same as Detortion.
Self-torture :: Self-torture (n.) The act of inflicting pain on one's self; pain inflicted on one's self.
Distorted :: Distorted (imp. & p. p.) of Distor.
Cooter :: Cooter (n.) A fresh-water tortoise (Pseudemus concinna) of Florida.
Distortion :: Distortion (n.) The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion..
Pain :: Pain (n.) Any uneasy sensation in animal bodies, from slight uneasiness to extreme distress or torture, proceeding from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; bodily distress; bodily suffering; an ache; a smart..
Blade :: Blade (n.) The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell..
Wrest :: Wrest (n.) The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion..
Pinnywinkles :: Pinnywinkles (n. pl.) An instrument of torture, consisting of a board with holes into which the fingers were pressed, and fastened with pegs..
Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To extract or obtain by twisting and compressing; to squeeze or press (out); hence, to extort; to draw forth by violence, or against resistance or repugnance; -- usually with out or form..
Engine :: Engine (n.) Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture..
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..
Forcipation :: Forcipation (n.) Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers.
Pelican :: Pelican (n.) A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation.
Gopher :: Gopher (n.) A large land tortoise (Testudo Carilina) of the Southern United States, which makes extensive burrows..
Torta :: Torta (n.) a flat heap of moist, crushed silver ore, prepared for the patio process..
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