What is to keep on the stretch, as a bow. [Obs.] The bow tortureth the string. Bacon called?
torture — To keep on the stretch, as a bow. [Obs.] The bow tortureth the string. Bacon. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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