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Torse vs Toise - What's the difference?

torse | toise |

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 toise is

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torse

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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.

    • References

    * A complete guide to heraldry, A C Fox-Davis.

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    toise

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a former French unit of length, corresponding to about 1.949 metres
  • :* 1997': the greater its speed, the less visible it grows, until at around a Thousand '''Toises per Minute, it vanishes entirely — Thomas Pynchon, ''Mason & Dixon
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