torrid

a. [ L. torridus, fr. torrere to parch, to burn, akin to E. Thist: cf. F. torride. See Thirst. ] 1. Parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert. “Barca or Cyrene's torrid soil.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching. “Torrid heat.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Torrid zone (Geog.), that space or board belt of the earth, included between the tropics, over which the sun is vertical at some period of every year, and the heat is always great. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Torridness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]