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adj
Hard, difficult; wearisome, tedious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, obsolete
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adj
Strong, sturdy; great, massive.
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adj
Full; rich.
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Usage: dialectal, obsolete
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name
A village in Highland, Scotland.
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noun
Alternative form of torus.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
Topics: architecture
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noun
The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane.
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Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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noun
The solid enclosed by such a surface; an anchor ring.
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noun
The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring.
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Usage: uncountable
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verb
simple past of tear (“rip, rend, speed”).
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Usage: form-of, past
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verb
past participle of tear (“rip, rend, speed”)
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Usage: colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past
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noun
commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: torus
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Broader terms: molding, moulding
History
From Middle English tor, tore, toor, from Old Norse tor- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”, prefix), from Proto-Germanic *tuz- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”), from Proto-Indo-European *dus- (“bad, ill, difficult”). Cognate with Old High German zur- (“mis-”, prefix), Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌶- (tuz-, “hard, difficult”, prefix), Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad, ill, difficult”, prefix). More at dys-.
See torus.
Probably from the root of tear; compare Welsh word for a break or cut.
Across languages
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