To Painters, for the picturing of ſome exquiſit arme, leg, torſe or wreathing of the body, or any other rare poſture, whether ſmooth or forced.
Source: wiktionary
Torse
Synonyms for "torse" (58 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (29)
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Translations
10 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- гирлянда noun (heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest)
Danish
2 entries- hjelmvulst noun (heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest)
- vulst noun (heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest)
Finnish
1 entries- lakipunos noun (heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest)
Galician
1 entries- burela noun (heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest)
Portuguese
1 entries- virol noun (heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest)
Swedish
4 entries- bindel noun (heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest)
- hjälmbindel noun (heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest)
- hjälmkrans noun (heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest)
- vulst noun (heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
One might ſtudy in this city for ages, and ſtill find ſomething new: we went from this to view the cardinal’s ſtatues, which are really very fine; there were three ſpintria executed in a very maſterly manner, all arm in arm: the torſe which I heard you talk ſo much of, is at laſt diſcovered to be a Hercules ſpinning, and not a Cleopatra bathing, as your lordſhip had conjectured: there has been a treatiſe written to prove it.
Source: wiktionary
This done, ’twas only needed to supply / The necessary quantity of heads / To suit the growing torse; […]
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