torrere

torrere [CL] 1 to heat and so dry up or out, parch, roast, scorch; b (fig.). c (p. ppl. as sb.) piece of toasted bread, toast. d ? to affect with a burning sensation. reliquias cinerum mox viscera tosta relinquunt Aldh. Aen. 52 (Candela) 8; tosta ‥ fercula Tatwine Aen. 4 (Litterae) 3; arripientes inmundi spiritus unum de eis quos in ignibus ~ebant Bede HE III 19 p. 166; omnis regio sub sole ardentissimo ~ebatur W. S. Alb. V. Alb. & Amphib. 2. 15; membra ‥ discerpta execrabili liquore ~entur Coggesh. Visio 23; si ‥ non inveneris crustam [panis] tostam, ad ignem tere Gad. 39v. 1. b familiarium suarum et amore ~etur et livore torquetur Alb. Lond. DG 2. 2; nec ignis illi defuit ‥ quem ‥ ~uit Dei zelus V. Edm. Rich P 1822D. c de panis ‥ collirida, quam esui destinavi, tostam sallitam michi facio J. Godard Ep. 221; 1466 duo instrumenta argentea ad torrendum tostas (CoramR 819 m. 16) IHR Bull. I 72; tostum, A. a toste WW. d saluberrime ~ebantur virginea membra in sacrificium divine laudis Gosc. Edith 93. 2 (in gl.) to flow swiftly, rush. b (pr. ppl. as sb.) rushing stream, torrent; c (transf. or fig.). to flue, fluere ‥ fluviare, superundare, ~ere, vacare CathA. b 704 terra ‥ terminata a septemtrione plaga ~ente cujus vocabulum est Fiscesburna CS 111; Albanus ‥ accessit ad ~entem et ‥ siccato alveo vidit undam ‥ cessisse Bede HE I 7 p. 20; ~ens ‥ dicitur non semper sed ex tempore currens fluvius qui ‥ ex montibus initium currendi sumens nimio impetu fluit Eccl. & Synag. 112; c1188 usque ad ulteriorem torrentem qui vocatur Hawardesdalebec (Bridlington) E. Ch. Yorks V 394; vetus Hullum, ~ens quidam ‥ processu temporis ‥ obstructum vix sewera valet nuncupari Meaux I 169; super ~entem que dicitur a nomine Collobrok W. Worc. Itin. 210. c 796 inde turbulentus infidelitatis ~ens profluit unde purissimus veritatis ‥ fons emanare solebat Alcuin Ep. 101; tantus ~ens imbrium inundavit ut Heliam ‥ venisse crederes [III Reg. xviii 41] Gosc. Transl. Mild. 17; sic loquitur Solon et ‥ funditur ‥ / eloquii torrens Hanv. III 287; ~entes effluunt lacrymarum P. Blois Ep. 49.

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