[a. F. tore, ad. L. torus.]

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  1.  Arch. See quot. 1704; = TORUS 1.

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1664.  Evelyn, trans. Freart’s Archit., etc., I. vii. 24. He thinks fit to deck the Tore’s with I know not what delicate foliages.

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1704.  J. Harris, Lex. Techn., I. Tore, and Torus … is that round Ring which encompasses in the Column, between the Plinth, and the List. This is the third Member of the Base of a Column.

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1723.  Chambers, trans. Le Clerc’s Treat. Archit., I. 66. The preceding Orders … have two Tores.

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1850.  Inkersley, Roman. & Pointed Archit. in France, 182. A central tore flanked by a smaller parallel one.

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  2.  Geom. = TORUS 4.

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1867.  Tait, Quaternions, ix. § 322. An immediate proof of the very singular property of the ring (or tore) discovered by Villarceau.

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1890.  Eagles, Descript. Geom., 248. This surface is known as a tore or anchor ring.

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