TOREADOR, tor-e-a-d[=o]r', _n._ a bull-fighter, esp. on horseback. [Sp.]

TO-RENT, t[=oo]'-rent', _p.adj._ (_Spens._) rent asunder.

TOREUTIC, t[=o]-r[=oo]'tik, _adj._ pertaining to chased or embossed

metal-work.--_ns._ TOREUMATOG'RAPHY, a treatise on ancient work in metal;

TOREUMATOL'OGY, the art of ancient art-work on metal; TOREU'TES, an artist

in metal. [Gr., _toreuein_, to bore.]

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