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Bible Dictionaries
Tortuous
Webster's Dictionary
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(1):
(a.) Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla.
(2):
(a.) Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful.
(3):
(a.) Oblique; - applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
(4):
(a.) Injurious: tortious.
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Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tortuous'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/tortuous.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tortuous'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/tortuous.html. 1828.
