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torso |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Torso \Tor"so\, n.; pl E. {Torsos}, It {Torsi}. [It. torso, probably fr L. thyrsus a stalk, stem, thyrsus, Gr ?; cf OHG. torso, turso, a stalk, stem, G. dorsche a cabbage stalk. Cf {Thyrsus}, {Truss}.] The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as the torso of Hercules. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: torso n : the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" [syn: {trunk}, {body}]
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