Torrid \Tor"rid\, 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.
      
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   2. Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning;
      parching. "Torrid heat." --Milton.
      
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   {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.
      
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