a. Obs. rare–1. erron. torcencious. [a. AF. torcenous, OF. torçonos (also torçonereus), f. torçon, torcion extortion, torçoneor extortioner.] Extortionate, exacting.
[1292. Britton, I. xxii. § 13. Et ausi de totes torcenouses prises fetes par nos ministres.
1314–5. Rolls of Parlt., I. 292/2. Dont il prient qe tiel torcenouse demaunde soit oste.]
1387–8. T. Usk, Test. Love, I. vi. (Skeat), l. 131. The gouernementes … of your citee, left in the handes of torcencious citezins, shal bring in pestilence and distrucion to you.
