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Torso \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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