Emily Dickinson Lexicon

torn, verbal adj. [see tear, v.]

torrent (-s), n. [Fr. burning, boiling, rushing, impetuous.]

Deluge; raging flood; violent stream; tumultuous flow.

torrid, adj. [L. torrēre, to dry with heat.]

Scorching; hot and dry; burning with heat; parched with lack of humidity; having intensely high temperatures. J278/Fr306 A Shady friend – for Torrid days – / Is easier to find – / Than one of higher temperature / For Frigid – hour of mind

tortoise, n. [in 15th c. tortuca.]

Four-footed reptile whose skin is covered by a shell.

torture, v. [Fr. twisting, wreathing; torment, torture.]

Hurt; torment; afflict grievously.

toss (-ed, -es, -ing), v. [unknown Norw. and Sw. dialect tossa, to spread, strew.]

total (-ler), adj. [see total, n.]

total, n. [Fr. total.]

var.

totalness, n. [see total, n.]

totter (-ed, -s), v. [Norse tutra, to quiver, shake.] (webplay: fall, old).

1. Shake; tremble; vacillate.
2. Walk unsteadily; move shakily.