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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1611-1639
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(Tortouring,) Tort(u)ring, ppl. adj. [17th c. Eng. torturing (1669).] That tortures, that causes suffering or distress. — 1611 Mure Early Misc. P. ii 46.
He [sc. Cupid] … fled away … But (woes me) left behind his tort'ring toyle 1618 Lithgow Poet. Remains 11.
Muse take heede, I finde such loue in strangers, Makes mee affect all heathnicke tortring dangers 1639 Fugitive Poetry II xvii 102.
Yet … all those torturing tossings Which I have tryde, I laught them ou'r as sportings
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