▪ I. † ˈintort, n. Obs.
[f. L. intort-us twisted: see next.]
A pipe or tube twisted in circles.
| 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 678 A Pipe..with turning gyres like a Serpent, whence called an Intort. |
▪ II. † inˈtort, ppl. a. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. intort-us, pa. pple. of intorquēre: see next.]
Twisted or thrust in.
| c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 344 Sette hem transuerse, oon side intort the grounde [ut latus..figatur in terra]. |
▪ III. intort, v. Now rare.
(ɪnˈtɔːt)
[f. L. intort-, ppl. stem of intorquēre, f. in- (in-2) + torquēre to twist.]
trans. To twist or curl inwards. Perh. only in the pa. pple. inˈtorted, twisted or curled inwards; twisted, wreathed, involved. lit. and fig.
| 1615 Crooke Body of Man 244 The vessels of seede..are writhen and intorted with wonderfull art, and implicated or foulded vp in many boughts and circumuolutions. 1616–61 B. Holyday Persius 324 The truth Of thy rule well apply'd,..Shew'd me intorted manners. 1633 T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter iii. 3 The secrets of God's providence are curled and intorted, we cannot unfold them. 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 503 Rowls intorted like ropes. 1725 Pope Odyss. iii. 555 With reverend hand the king presents the gold, Which round the intorted horns the gilder roll'd. 1839 New Monthly Mag. LVII. 32 How tedious then was the surplusage of awkward and intorted phrases! 1892 Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker 208 The loose topsail..swayed and sang in the declining wind, a raffle of intorted cordage. |