TOPSYTURVY, top'si-tur-vi, _adv._ bottom upwards.--_adj._ turned upside
down.--_n._ confusion.--_v.t._ to turn upside down.--_n._
TOPSYTURVIFIC[=A]'TION, a turning upside down.--_adv._
TOPSYTUR'VILY.--_ns._ TOPSYTUR'VINESS; TOPSYTUR'VYDOM. [Explained by Skeat
as _top_ + _so_ (_adv._) + _tervy_, overturned--M. E. _terven_, to
throw--A.S. _torfian_, to throw.]
TOQUE, t[=o]k, _n._ a form of hat or cap worn in the 16th century: a modern
close-fitting brimless bonnet for women: an African nominal money of
account, equal to 40 cowries: the bonnet-macaque. [Fr., prob. Celt., Bret.
_tok_, W. _toc_, a hat.]
TOR, tor, _n._ a hill, a rocky height. [A.S. _torr_, _tor_--W. _tor_; Gael.
_torr_.]
TORAH, t[=o]'ra, _n._ the Mosaic law: the book of the law, the
Pentateuch.--Also TH[=O]'RAH. [Heb.]
TORBITE, t[=o]r'b[=i]t, _n._ a preparation of peat for fuel.
TORCH, torch, _n._ a light formed of twisted tow dipped in pitch or other
inflammable material: a large candle or flambeau.--_ns._ TORCH'-BEAR'ER;
TORCH'-DANCE; TORCH'ER (_Shak._), one who gives light with, or as with, a
torch; TORCH'ING, a way of catching fish at night with torch-light-and
spear; TORCH'-LIGHT; TORCH'-RACE.--_n.pl._ TORCH'-STAVES (_Shak._), staves
for carrying torches. [Fr. _torche_--L. _tortum_, pa.p. of _torqu[=e]re_,
to twist.]