Tor"so (?), n.;
pl. E. Torsos (#), It. Torsi (#). [It.
torso, probably fr.
L. thyrsus a stalk, stem,
thyrsus, Gr. &?;; cf. OHG. torso, turso, a stalk, stem, G. dorsche a cabbage stalk. Cf. Thyrsus, Truss.]
The human body, as distinguished from the head and
limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of
a statue, mutilated of head and
limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.
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