torsen.1
/tɔːs/, U.S. /tɔrs/ Heraldry.
An occasional term for the twisted band or wreath by which the crest is joined to the helmet.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > extra-scutal devices > [noun] > figure or device over shield and helmet > crest-wreath
wreath1478
torse1572
orle1834
crest-wreath1864
1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 60v For the Creaste uppon the Helme an Hiricion passante, of the Diamonde, charged with Grapes propre, sett on a torce, Pearle and Emeraude.
1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox x. 265 A Milk~white Plume shadowed the Torse of his glittering Helmet.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Wreath,..a Torce between the Mantle and the Crest.
1892 E. Castle Eng. Book-plates 92 The crest is supported by a plain torce.
1910 E. R. Suffling Eng. Ch. Brasses 124 A torse, or wreath of two bands of coloured silk.
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torsed adj. /tɔːst/
/tɔːst/ torced adj. furnished with a torse.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > extra-scutal devices > [adjective] > wreathed
accolled1612
wreathed1663
wreathy1720
torced1892
tortilly1894
torsed-
1892 E. Castle Eng. Book-plates 51 The crested, torced, and mantletted helm.
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torsen.2
/tɔːs/, U.S. /tɔrs/ = torso n.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue > bust or torso
block1535
term1604
busto1626
torse1634
terminus1638
busty1684
bust1691
shoulder-piece1692
protome1737
torso1797
portrait bust1827
terminal1876
term figure1880
1634 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman (new ed.) xii. 110 To Painters, for the picturing of some exquisit arme, leg, torse or wreathing of the body, or any other rare posture.
1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 145 The torse..is at last discovered to be a Hercules spinning, and not a Cleopatra bathing.
1892 Ld. Lytton King Poppy v. 78 The necessary quantity of heads To suit the growing torse.
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torsen.3
/tɔːs/, U.S. /tɔrs/ Geometry.
A developable surface; a surface generated by a moving straight line which at every instant is turning, in some plane or other through it, about some point or other in its length.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > surface > [noun] > generated by a line
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conoid1862
torse1863
1863 A. Cayley Coll. Math. Papers (1892) V. 182 By Torse (m, n) I denote the developable surface or ‘Torse’ generated by a line which meets each of the curves m and n.
1879 A. Cayley in Encycl. Brit. X. 417 If the system be such that a line does not intersect the consecutive line, then the surface is a skew surface, or scroll; but if it be such that each line intersects the consecutive line, then it is a developable, or torse.
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