TORN
ADJECTIVES
► BETORN torn; torn about the sides, tattered → a1300 obs.
► HACKLE UP of things: torn, damaged, untidy → 20C W. Indies sl.
► ILLACERABLE not liable to be torn or rent → 1656 obs.
► RAFT torn off → 1818
► RASSED torn off → 1513 obs.
NOUNS
► MAMMOCK a scrap, a shred, a broken or torn piece → a1529 arch. or Eng. dial.
► SCALLOP a small torn piece → 1876 Eng. dial.
► TANGLE anything hanging, as a torn piece of a dress → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
PHRASES
► IN GRISKINS torn to rags → 1830
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