tortest

Adjective (1)

tort

1. (obsolete) Twisted.
   • And the firſt that came and gaue them moſt comfort was Henry Erle of Lãcaſter with yͤ wrie neck, called Tort coll [torticollis], who was brother to Thomas Erle of Lãcaſter yͭ was behedded, as ye haue heard before, who was a right vertuous & good knight as after ye ſhal here.1569, Richard Grafton, “Edwarde the Seconde”, in A Chronicle at Large and Meere History of the Affayres of Englande […], volume II, London: […] Henry Denham, […], for Richarde Tottle and Humffrey...

Adjective (2)

tort (comparative more tort, superlative most tort)

1. (UK, dialectal) Synonym of tart (“sharp- or sour-tasting; (figuratively) keen, severe, sharp”)

   Synonyms:

   tart

Adjective (3)

tort (comparative torter, superlative tortest)

1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) Synonym of taut (“stretched tight; under tension”).
   • Yet holds he them with tortest rein, / That they may seize and entertain / The glance that to their glance opposes, / Like fiery honey sucked from roses.1847, R[alph] W[aldo] Emerson, “Initial, Dæmonic, and Celestial Love”, in Poems, Boston, Mass.: James Munroe and Company, →OCLC, part I (The Initial Love), page 158

   Synonyms:

   taut

2. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) Of a boat: watertight.

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