Tormentor

In theater tech, a vertical flat on each side of the stage, as opposed to the short curtain on top (the teaser). One of the reasons why the theater is kind of kinky....

Tor*ment"or (?), n.

1.

One who, or that which, torments; one who inflicts penal anguish or tortures.

Jer. Taylor.

Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings. Milton.

2. Agric.

An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels.

Hebert.

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