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Webster 1913 Edition
Tortile
Tor′tile
,Adj.
[L.
tortilis
, fr. torquere
, tortum
, to twist: cf. F. tortile
.] Twisted; wreathed; coiled.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tortile
TORT'ILE
Definition 2024
tortile
tortile
English
Adjective
tortile (comparative more tortile, superlative most tortile)
- (rare) Twisted, winding, contorted.
- 1658: He that would behold a very anomalous motion, may observe it in the Tortile and tiring stroakes of Gnat-worms. — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 196)