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tor

  [tawr] ,
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–noun
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE torr < Celtic; cf. Ir tor rocky height, Welsh twr heap, pile
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tor   (tôr)   
n.  

  1. A high rock or pile of rocks on the top of a hill.

  2. A rocky peak or hill.


[Middle English, from Old English torr, probably of Celtic origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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tor 
"high, rocky hill," O.E. torr "tower, rock." Obviously cognate with Gael. torr "lofty hill, mound," O.Welsh twrr "heap, pile;" and probably ult. from L. turris "high structure" see tower). But sources disagree on whether the Celts borrowed it from the Anglo-Saxons or the other way round.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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