*tortiller, v.n., to wriggle, to shuffle.
*tortillère, n.f. V. tortille.
☉*tortillon, n.m., coarse cap; pad (for the head); country servant-girl, little slavey.
tortionnaire (tor-sio-), n.m. and adj., ☉executioner; (jur.) wrongful, unjust.
tortionnairement (tor-sio-nèr-mān), adv., (jur.) wrongfully.
☉tortionner (tor-sio-), v.a., to strain a text, to twist a passage of an author. V. torturer.
tortis, n.m., twist (of threads); ☉wreath, garland; (her.) circle of pearls round a baron’s coronet.
tortu, -e, adj., crooked, tortuous, bandy. Jambes —es; crooked legs.
tortue, n.f., tortoise, turtle; transport-ship; (Rom. antiq.) testudo. À pas de —; at a snail’s pace. Potage —; turtle-soup. Fausse —; mock-turtle.
tortuer, v.a., to make crooked, to crook, to bend.