a. [ad. L. torōs-us TOROSE, as if through a F. *toreux: see -OUS.] = TOROSE.
1657. R. Carpenter, Astrol., 35. The solid and succous body of Divinity still grows more and more torous and quadrangular.
1684. trans. Bonet’s Merc. Compit., V. 139. Whole torous Muscles, and long tendons.
1828. Webster, Torous, in botany, protuberant; swelling in knobs, like the veins and muscles; as, a torous pericarp.
