tori

noun

1. (form-of, plural)plural of torus
2. (plural, plural-only)A protective, epidermal thickening derived from the stratum corneum and found in high friction areas (such as the foot sole of a dog).

   “While there is a hereditary component to tori, this does not explain all cases. Tori tend to appear more frequently during middle age of life; the torus palatinus is more commonly observed in females, but this is not the case with the torus mandibularis.”

3. One who executes a technique against the training partner, or uke.

name

1. A diminutive of the female given name Victoria.

   “The American singer Tori Amos was born in 1963.”

2. A region of Georgia, in the central part of the country, bordered by Imereti and Kartli in the north and Meskheti and Trialeti in the south.