| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| torment | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to afflict with great pain, suffering, or anguish; torture |
| 2. | to tease or pester in an annoying way: stop tormenting the dog |
| —n | |
| 3. | physical or mental pain |
| 4. | a source of pain, worry, annoyance, etc |
| 5. | archaic an instrument of torture |
| 6. | archaic the infliction of torture |
| [C13: from Old French, from Latin tormentum, from torquēre] | |
| tor'mented | |
| —adj | |
| tor'mentedly | |
| —adv | |
| tor'menting | |
| —adj, —n | |
| tor'mentingly | |
| —adv | |
Gr. basanos (Matt. 4:24), the "touch-stone" of justice; hence inquisition by torture, and then any disease which racks and tortures the limbs.