Torse vs Terse - What's the difference?
torse | terse |
(heraldry) A twist of cloth or wreath underneath and part of a crest. Always shown as six twists, the first tincture being the tincture of the field, the second the tincture of the metal, and so on.
(obsolete) Polished, burnished; smooth; fine, neat, spruce.
(of speech or style) Brief, concise, to the point.
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* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=June 4, author=Lewis Smith, work=the Guardian
, title= Abruptly or brusquely short.
As a noun torse
is (heraldry) a twist of cloth or wreath underneath and part of a crest always shown as six twists, the first tincture being the tincture of the field, the second the tincture of the metal, and so on.As a verb terse is
.torse
English
Noun
(en noun)References
* A complete guide to heraldry, A C Fox-Davis.Anagrams
* * ----terse
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Adjective
(er)- "A consise and comprehensive dictionary of general knowledge consisting of over 16,000 terse and original articles on nearly all subjects discussed in larger encyclopaedias,"
Queen's English Society says enuf is enough, innit?, passage=Having attempted to identify a role for the society and its magazine, Quest, "for the next 40 years", the society chairman, Rhea Williams, decided it was time to close. She announced the group's demise in a terse message to members following the annual meeting, which just 22 people attended.}}