TOR'MENT, n. L. tormentum. torqueo, torno Eng. tour that is, from twisting, straining.

1. Extreme pain anguish the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind.

The more I see

Pleasure about me, so much I feel

Torment within me.

Lest they also come into this place of torment. Luke 16 . Revelation 9; 14.

2. That which gives pain, vexation or misery.

They brought to him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments. Matthew 4 .

3. An engine for casting stones.