http://wordie.org/words/torsade Comments for the word 'Torsade' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/torsade#comments "'...To tell me whether those <a href="/words/whorl">whorl</a>s, or perhaps I should say those <a href="/words/torsade">torsade</a>s or <a href="/words/undulation">undulation</a>s, and those <a href="/words/spiral">spiral</a>s running from the base to the very tip add strength or possibly <a href="/words/elasticity">elasticity</a> to the whole improbable structure.'"<br />--Patrick O'Brian, <i>The Hundred Days</i>, 28–29 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:55:54 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/torsade#comments