Obs. [ad. L. tort-us, pa. pple. of torquēre to twist.] Twisted; in quot. 1513, ? tortured (const. as pa. pple.).
1513. Douglas, Æneis, X. xi. 30. Now sall he perisch,… be Troianis tort and rent.
1568. Grafton, Chron., II. 210. Henry Erle of Lancaster with ye wrie neck, called Tort coll.
1765. J. Lee, Introd. Bot., I. xii. 28. Tort, twisted, as in Nerium.
