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- noun Plural form of
tor .
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Examples
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Or he is said of tors, which is clarte, and of sedio sedis to sit, for he sitteth in the clearness perdurable.
The Golden Legend, vol. 5 1230-1298 1900
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What we do know for certain is that the screenwriter is one John Logan of Gladiator/Aviator he likes "tors" fame.
Two News Items, Each More Beautiful Than the Last fusenumber8 2007
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The Garmin Chipotle team was busy taking various politicians or "tors" out for rides last week during the Democratic Convention.
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"tors," rising to a considerable elevation above sea-level, and ranging from Haytor Rocks at 1,491 feet to High Willheys at 2,039 feet.
From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor
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"tors"; and clear away to the mountain-tops stretched a view with never a tree, but a few outstanding bushes only.
Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Our tires crackle into Louie's hardscrabble oasis mid-afternoon, a former farmhouse his wife Riette has decorated with her own artwork, heirlooms and cozy appointments, a green salad in a brown bowl of eroded cliffs and tors.
Richard Bangs: Following Brad and Angelina to Namibia, Part I Richard Bangs 2011
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That is, that Sen Demented belongs to the largest group of "distrac - tors" this
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The lower slopes vanished into a lush forest that spread over a broken landscape of hills and gorges, bald tors and sharp ridges.
Crimson Wind Diana Pharaoh Francis 2011
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Our tires crackle into Louie's hardscrabble oasis mid-afternoon, a former farmhouse his wife Riette has decorated with her own artwork, heirlooms and cozy appointments, a green salad in a brown bowl of eroded cliffs and tors.
Richard Bangs: Following Brad and Angelina to Namibia, Part I Richard Bangs 2011
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Given the great demand and limited supply of wrap contracts, the issuers of these contracts have plenty of power to dictate their own terms, which aren't always favorable to inves tors.
super-rb commented on the word tors
tors-high pointed hill or jutting rock
October 17, 2008