† torpeln.
Obsolete. rare.
Turmoil, throng of battle, mêlée.
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c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 16736 Thei put hem certes In gret perel To saue her lord In that torpel. But al was not that thei coude do, For thei no-wyse myght come him to.
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n.c1400- to put something on the ball
- to put something on the fritz
- to put something on the long finger
- to put something on the market
- to put something out of mind
- to put something out of out of one's mind
- to put something right
- to put something to the lot
- to put something to the vote
- to put something to voting
- to put something where the sun don't shine
- to put spread it on thick
- to put spurs to
- to put stress on
- to put stress upon
- to put stuffing into
- to put that and that together
- to put the acid on
- to put the arm on
- to put the arm on a person
- to put the ass on
- to put the ass upon
- to put the axe in the helve
- to put the bee on
- to put the bite on