Torrid zone

Torrid zone
Torrid Tor"rid, a. [L. torridus, fr. torrere to parch, to burn, akin to E. Thist: cf. F. torride. See {Thirst}.] 1. Parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert. ``Barca or Cyrene's torrid soil.'' --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching. ``Torrid heat.'' --Milton. [1913 Webster]

{Torrid zone} (Geog.), that space or board belt of the earth, included between the tropics, over which the sun is vertical at some period of every year, and the heat is always great. [1913 Webster]


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