Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TORTER, v., n. Also tortir. Sc. forms of Eng. torture (Sc. 1828 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) II. 56; Fif. 1895 S. Tytler Kincaid's Widow xii.; Sh., n.Sc. 1972). [′tortər]
[For the forms cf. Crater, creature. natir, nature, etc. O.Sc. tortor, 1600.]
