{"def":{"short":"torture","long":["to torture, a testing by the touchstone, which is a black siliceous stone used to test the purity of gold or silver by the color of the streak produced on it by rubbing it with either metal","torment, torture",["the act of tormenting","the state or condition of those tormented"]]},"deriv":"from G0928","pronun":{"ipa":"βɑ.sɑ.niˈsmos","ipa_mod":"vɑ.sɑ.niˈsmows","sbl":"basanismos","dic":"va-sa-nee-SMOSE","dic_mod":"va-sa-nee-SMOSE"},"see":["G0928"]}