torryv.
/ˈtɒri/ transitive. To provoke and fight (a bull).
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1936 R. Campbell Mithraic Emblems 52 The white Torero—him who took the toss Sky-high upon the black horns of the Cross, For torrying the hornèd prince of Death.
1957 A. MacNab Bulls of Iberia viii. 81 To give passes to a bull is not the same as to ‘torry’ it (torear). Torear means to exercise control over the bull at all times, and to work on it as desired.
1957 A. MacNab Bulls of Iberia viii. 263 Torear, to ‘torry’, neologism..adopted from Roy Campbell..who has used it in print for twenty years.
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