(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:51:37

To*rose" (?), a. [L. torosus full of muscle, brawny, fleshy. See Torus.]

Cylindrical with alternate swellings and contractions; having the surface covered with rounded prominences.

 

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