?1623 O. Felltham lxxxix. 290 To shew vs the inticing spots of this Panther, concealing the toruitie of her countenance.
1787 iv. i. 204 This..increased my governor's natural torvity.
1825 W. Tennant in Conolly (1861) iii. 75 Terrible John, with his countenance of Sabine torvity.