tordage, n.m., twisting, twist.
tord-boyaux, n.m., rotgut, fiery brandy; rat’s bane.
tordeu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., twister; throwster (of silk). f., wringing-machine.
tord-nez, n.f., (—) (man.) twitch (for horses).
tordre, v.a., to twist, to wring, to wring out; to contort, to disfigure; to throw (silk); to buckle (a wheel). — la bouche; to twist one’s mouth. Il ne fait que — et avaler; he gives but one twist, and down it goes.
se tordre, v.r., to twist; to writhe. Se — de rire; to be convulsed, to split one’s sides with laughter.
tore, n.m., (arch., bot.) torus, tore.
toréador, n.m., (—s) matador, toreador, bull-fighter.
torisme, n.m. V. torysme.
*tormentille, n.f., (bot.) tormentil, septfoil.