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▪ I. † ˈtorrentine, n. Obs. rare—1.
[In note to passage quoted, said to corresp. to an Ital. torrentina, a fish so called because it abounds in mountain streams.]
A kind of fish; perh. trout.
c1460J. Russell Bk. Nurture 835 in Babees Bk. (1868) 173 Vynegur is good to salt purpose & torrentyne, Salt sturgeon, salt swyrd-fysche savery & fyne.
▪ II. † ˈtorrentine, a. Obs. rare.
[f. L. torrēnt-em torrent + -ine1.]
(See quot.)
1656Blount Glossogr., Torrentine, belonging to, or abiding in torrents, or swift and violent streames. 1864in Webster; and in later Dicts. |