Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A decorative trimming of twisted ribbon or cord, used especially on hats.
- noun An item of jewelry, such as a necklace or bracelet, consisting of multiple, often beaded strands twisted loosely together in a ropelike form.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A twisted or spiral molding, a twisted cord, or other ornament.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A twisted cord; also, a molded or worked ornament of similar form.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
decoration , especially onhats , made fromtwisted ribbon
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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"But for your Majesty to put yourself in the king's power?" ventured a courtier, who wore a begemmed torsade and a cloak of Genoa velvet.
Under the Rose Frederic Stewart Isham
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"New data demonstrate that Anzemet injection can increase the risk of developing torsade de pointes, an abnormal heart rhythm, which in some cases can be fatal," the FDA said at the time.
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I'd also bought a cabbage at the market last week because it was so pretty, with it's gentle torsade-like swirl.
David Lebovitz 2010
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For upper relief, usual thioridazine or candy, sleep questions of sign in your mouth, or appetite a torsade substitute.
Wii-volution 2010
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Quadramet is a nolvadex clenbuterol cycle of the torsade class harmful radiopharmaceuticals.
Wii-volution 2010
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Vaginal lifting can hold if you are formerly removing your doctor's levels carefully or if you nolvadex fotki of a lifetime, one in eight subtypes will happen intended with torsade cancer.
Wii-volution 2010
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In some drugs, QT prolongation has been associated with torsade de pointes, a potentially fatal arrhythmia.
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In some drugs, QT prolongation has been associated with torsade de pointes, a potentially fatal arrhythmia.
chained_bear commented on the word torsade
"'...To tell me whether those whorls, or perhaps I should say those torsades or undulations, and those spirals running from the base to the very tip add strength or possibly elasticity to the whole improbable structure.'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Hundred Days, 28–29
March 20, 2008
qms commented on the word torsade
My pate cannot muster a braid
Nor profit from comb or pomade.
Now hats are my glory -
A rich inventory
With feathers and wound in torsade.
January 11, 2015