Definition of Torred
Tor"rid (?), a. [L. torridus, fr.
torrere to parch, to burn, akin to E. Thist: cf. F.
torride. See Thirst.] 1. Parched; dried
with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert. "Barca or Cyrene's
torrid soil." Milton.
2. Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat;
burning; parching. "Torrid heat." Milton.
Torrid zone (Geog.), that space or board
belt of the earth, included between the tropics, over which the sun is
vertical at some period of every year, and the heat is always
great.
Tor"rid (?), a. [L. torridus, fr.
torrere to parch, to burn, akin to E. Thist: cf. F.
torride. See Thirst.] 1. Parched; dried
with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert. "Barca or Cyrene's
torrid soil." Milton.
2. Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat;
burning; parching. "Torrid heat." Milton.
Torrid zone (Geog.), that space or board
belt of the earth, included between the tropics, over which the sun is
vertical at some period of every year, and the heat is always
great.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Very hot and dry.
- Full of intense emotions arising from sexual love; ardent and passionate.
- Full of difficulty.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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