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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

;

pl. E.

Torsos

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, It.

Torsi

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[It.

torso

, probably fr. L.

thyrsus

a stalk, stem, thyrsus, Gr. [GREEK]; cf. OHG.

torso

turso

, a stalk, stem, G.

dorsche

a cabbage stalk. Cf.

The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs;

as, the

torso

of Hercules

Noun.

The trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as the torso of Hercules.