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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Tōrt, n.

noun

n. [Fr. & Pr. tort, Pg. & It. torto, Sp. tuerto, L. Lat. tortum, from Lat. tortus, twisted, crooked, p. p. of torquere, to twist, bend.]

  1. Mischief: calamity. [Obs.] Spenser.
  2. (Law.) Any wrong or injury; a wrongful act, for which an action will lie; a form of action, in some States, for a wrong or injury. Blackstone.