Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
torus . - noun A protective, epidermal thickening derived from the
stratum corneum and found in high friction areas (ie. the foot sole of a dog).
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Examples
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Eight months later, he had created Toribash (tori is the Japanese martial arts term for “the defender”).
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These included fishing permits that specified measures such as tori lines, specific line sink rates, or setting lines only at night, when birds could not see them.
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Mon 11/09/09 7: 55 PM ooooh hell yes heheheh otherwise Team Edward FTW. tori.
'New Moon': Team Edward or Team Jacob debate continues | EW.com 2009
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#41 POSTED BY tori, Nov 3rd, 2009 4: 41 am you know how dark side meshes perfectly with the wizard of oz? try watching THAT high.
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If the Super Delegats go against the popular/pledged delegate vote, I will NEVER vote democrat again. tori
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Which probably means they give it about the same import as the buzzing of a bothersome mosquito. tori Says:
Just In Case Anyone Wonders… « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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Love the post-especially the tori spelling bit. zellmer Said,
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November 17th, 2009 at 2:43 pm tori get back to work commenter Says:
How to survive the end of the world, Emmerich style. | MovieChopShop 2009
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My mom used to get the fresh tori and used to pressure cook with salt and turmeric powder like peanuts in pods.
Tuver Na Muthiya Meera 2009
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As a fan of both Comics books and tori Amos, I will buy it!
chained_bear commented on the word tori
"'Not only does it bear a large number of parallel spirals ascending in half a dozen left-hand turns from the base almost to the bare, smooth tip, but it also has several much larger tori or undulating turns, rising in the same direction.'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Hundred Days, 79
March 20, 2008