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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Tŭr'bi-nal, n. p. 1424The nasal capsule in the head of a fish. R. Owen.Tār'bi-nāte, v. i. p. 1424To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. [Rare.]Tûr'bi-nate or Tûr'bi-nā'ted, a. p. 1424Whirling in the manner of a top. [Rare.] “A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole moved body.” Bentley. 2. (Bot.) Shaped like a top, or cone inverted; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex…Tăr'bi-nā'tion, n. p. 1424The act of spinning or whirling, as a top.Tûr'bîne, n. p. 1425An horizontal water-wheel, variously constructed, but usually with a series of curved floats or buckets upon the periphery, against which the water strikes with direct impulse, as it rushes from all…Tûr'bi-nite, n. p. 1425A petrified shell of the genus Turbo. [Obs.]Tûr'bit, n. p. 1425A variety of the domestic pigeon, remarkable for its short beak. 2. The turbot.Tûr'bite, n. p. 1425The same as TURBINITE, q. v.Tûr'bith, n. p. 1425Turpeth. See TURPETH.Tûr'bot, n. p. 1425A flat fish of the genus Rhombus (R. maximus), with a body nearly circular. It grows to the weight of twenty or thirty pounds, and is much esteemed by epicures. The name is applied, in Scotland, to…Tûr'bu-lence, n. p. 1425The state or quality of being turbulent; a disturbed state; tumult; disorder; agitation. “The years of internal warfare and turbulence which ensued.” Southey. Syn.—Agitation; tumult; tumultuousness…Tûr'bu-len-cy, n. p. 1425The state or quality of being turbulent; turbulence. What a tale of terror now its turbulency tells! E. A. Poe.Tûr'bu-lent, a. p. 1425Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; in violent commotion; as, the turbulent ocean. Calm region once, And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent. Milton. 2. Disposed to insubordination and disorder…Tûr'bu-lent-ly, adv. p. 1425In a turbulent manner; tumultuously; with violent agitation.Tûr'cĭsm, n. p. 1425The character, belief, religion, manners, or the like, of the Turks, or which are peculiar to the Turks.Tur'cois', n. p. 1425See TURQUOIS.Tûr'co-man, n. p. 1425A native or inhabitant of Turcomania or Turkestan.Tu-reen', n. p. 1425A large, deep vessel for holding soup, or other liquid food, at the table; a terreen.Tu-reen'ful, n. p. 1425As much as a tureen can hold; enough to fill a tureen.Tûrf, n. p. 1425That upper stratum of earth and vegetable mold which is filled with the roots of grass and other small plants, so as to adhere and form a kind of mat; sward; sod. “At his feet a grass-green turf.”…Turf, v. t. p. 1425To cover with turf or sod; as, to turf a bank, or the border of a terrace.Turf'-drain, n. p. 1425A drain made with turf or peat.Turf'en, a. p. 1425Made of turf; covered with turf.Turf'-hĕdge, n. p. 1425A hedge or fence formed with turf and plants of different kinds.Turf'-house, n. p. 1425A house or shed formed of turf, common in the northern parts of Europe.Turf'i-ness, n. p. 1425The state or quality of being turfy.Turf'ing-ī'ron, n. p. 1425An implement for paring off turf.Turf'ing-spāde, n. p. 1425An instrument for under-cutting turf, when marked out by the plow.Turf'ite, n. p. 1425A votary of the turf, or race-course; hence, a blackleg. [Colloq.]Turf'less, a. p. 1425Destitute of turf.Turf'-mŏss, n. p. 1425A tract of turfy, mossy, or boggy land.Turf'-spāde, n. p. 1425A spade for cutting and digging turf; longer and narrower than the common spade.Turf'y, a. p. 1425Abounding with turf; made of, or covered with, turf. “Turfy mountains.” Shak. 2. Having the nature, appearance, or qualities of turf.Tûr'ġent, a. p. 1425Rising into a tumor, or puffy state; swelling; tumid; as, turgent humors. 2. Inflated; tumid; bombastic. “Recompensed with turgent titles.” Burton.Tur-ġĕsçe', v. i. p. 1425To become turgid; to swell or be inflated. [Rare.]Tur-ġĕs'çençe or Tur-ġĕs'çen-çy, n. p. 1425The act of swelling, or the state of being swelled or turgescent. 2. (Med.) Superabundance of humors in any part. Dunglison. 3. Empty magnificence or pompousness; inflation; bombast. Johnson.Tur-ġĕs'çent, a. p. 1425Swelling; growing big.Tŭr'gid, a. p. 1425Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent or expansive force; swelled; bloated;—especially applied to an enlarged part of the body; as, a turgid limb. A bladder held by the fire grew…Tur-gĭd'i-ty, n. p. 1425The state of being turgid; tumidness. “The empty turgidity of Dryden.” Hare.Tur'gid-ly, adv. p. 1425In a turgid manner; pompously.Tŭr'gid-ness, n. p. 1425The quality of being turgid; turgidity; distention beyond the natural state by some internal force or agent, as in a limb. 2. Inflated manner of writing or speaking; pompousness; bombast; tumidity…Tŭr'gid-ous, a. p. 1425Turgid. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Tū'rĭ-ō, n. p. 1425(Bot.) A shoot or sprout from the ground. Gray.Tū/ri-o-nîf'er-oûs, a. p. 1425Producing shoots, as asparagus. Barton.Tûrk, n. p. 1425(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Turkey. 2. A Mohammedan, or Mahometan. [Obs.] It is no good reason for a man's religion that he was born and brought up in it; for then a Turk would have as much…Tur'key, n. p. 1425(Ornith.) A large gallinaceous fowl (the Meleagris gallopavo), a native of America. The flesh is highly valued for food. Wild turkeys abound in the forests of America, and the fowl has been…Tûr'key-büz'zard, n. p. 1425(Ornith.) A common American species of vulture, having a distant resemblance to a turkey, and remarkable for its graceful flight in the higher regions of the air; Cathartes aura. Haldeman.Tûr'key-câr'-pet, n. p. 1425A floor-covering made entirely of wool, the loops being larger than those of Brussels carpet, and always cut, the cutting of the yarn producing a velvety appearance. Simmonds.Tûr'key-cŏck, n. p. 1425A male turkey.Tûr'key-hĕn, n. p. 1425A female turkey.Tûr'key-pout, n. p. 1425A young turkey. [Rare.] Bailey.Tûr'key-rĕd, n. p. 1425A fine, durable red, dyed with madder upon calico or woolen cloth.Tûr'key-stōne, n. p. 1425A kind of oil-stone from Turkey; novaculite; —called also Turkey oil-stone.Tûr'kis, n. p. 1425The same as TURQUOIS, q. v. [Obs.]Tûrk'ism, n. p. 1425The same as TURCISM, q. v.Tûrk'ish, a. p. 1425(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Turkey, or to the Turks.Tûrk'ish-ly, adv. p. 1425In the manner of the Turks.Tûr'kle, n. p. 1425A turtle. [Obs. or vulgar.]Tûrk'o, n. p. 1425A soldier dressed as a Turk; a Zouave.Tur-kois', n. p. 1425(Min.) The same as TURQUOIS, q. v.