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Definition of Contorts
1. contort [v] - See also: contort
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contorts
Literary usage of Contorts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catullus by Gaius Valerius Catullus (1893)
"7) and offense (v. 8). — amictu: ie the toga is wrapped about the left arm to
serve as a shield; cf. Pacuvius 186 R. chlamyde contorts astu ..."
2. Final Concords of the County of Lancaster: From the Original Chirographs, Or by Lancashire (England), William Farrer, Great Britain Public Record Office (1899)
"... contorts LANCASTER. 33 HENRY II. (Public Record Office, Duchy of Lane.
Class xxv., A 9.) At Richmond, on the * * *, 33 Henry II. ..."
3. The African Repository by American Colonization Society (1836)
"... anti secondly, to beget in them habits of in'lustry, that wIl enable them to
procure the contorts of life, by what we call legitimate traffic. ..."
4. Travels Through the Low Countries: Germany, Italy and France, with Curious by John Ray (1738)
"... of which are gathered about 3000 contorts yearly ; one Cantare being equal to
1 16 pound weight ..."
5. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Peter Augustin Daniel (1874)
"Man. A frend and one that knowes you well. Fr: Who is it that contorts fo late
the dead, What light is yon ? if I be not ..."
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