Tormentor

Tormentor
Tormentor Tor*ment"or, n. 1. One who, or that which, torments; one who inflicts penal anguish or tortures. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. (Agric.) An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels. --Hebert. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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