American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2

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Author: Noah Webster

Torpedo

TORPE’DO, n. [L. from torpeo, to be numb.] The cramp fish or electric ray, Raia torpedo. This fish is usually taken in forty fathoms water, on the coast of France and England, and in the Mediterranean. A touch of this fish occasions a numbness in the limb, accompanied with an indescribable and painful sensation, and is really an electric shock. When dead,the fish loses its power of producing this sensation.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Torpedo," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed December 4, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4MJTWXP7C9YUQK4.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Torpedo." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 4 Dec. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4MJTWXP7C9YUQK4.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Torpedo' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 4 December 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4MJTWXP7C9YUQK4.