Torpid  (or  togger)  (Oxford).  (1)
A  second  -  class  racing  eight :  corre-
sponding to  the  Cambridge  slogger
(q.v.);  (2)  one  of  the  crew;  (3)  in
pi.  the  Lent  races:  also  as  adj.  ;  (4)
A  boy  who  has  not  been  two  years  in
the  school  (Harrow).
Torrac.     A  carrot.
Torril.  A  worthless  woman,  or
horse.
Torturer  of  Anthems.  A  chorister ;
a  hallelujah  howler  (q.v.)  (1809).
Tortle.     To  shamble  away.
Tortoise.     See  pump  and  tortoise.
Tory.  (1)  Orig.  (Irish),  a
marauder:  spec,  a  bandit  (16th  cent-
ury) who,  to  cover  lawlessness,  took  up
arms  for  the  King.  Hence  (2)  a  bully,
a  terror ;  and  (3)  a  generic  reproach :
e.g.  (a)  a  sympathiser  with,  dis-
believer in,  or  supposed  abettor  of
the  Popish  plot ;  (6)  one  who  refused
to  concur  in  the  Exclusion  Act
confirming  the  succession  to  the
throne  to  Protestants,  a  measure
which  was  directly  aimed  at  the  Duke
of  York,  afterwards  James  II. ;  and
(c),  collectively,  the  Court  as  distin-
guished from  the  Country  party,  or
Whigs  (q.v.).  Subsequently  Tory
assumed  its  modern  meaning,  i.e.  one
upholding  the  existing  order  of  things
in  Church  and  State,  as  opposed  to
Liberal,  i.e.  one  who  sought,  by
experimental  legislation,  to  remedy
admitted  or  supposed  disabilities.
About  1832  Tory  began  to  be
superseded  by  Conservative;  indeed
the  march  of  time  has  now  (1903)
considerably  modified  the  old  Tory


political  ideas  (1566).  (4)  (American).
A  loyalist:  during  the  period  of  the
War  of  Independence.  Hence  any
one  favouring  the  claims  of  Great
Britain  against  the  revolted  Colonies.
