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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Turf'-drain, n.p. 1425A drain made with turf or peat.
  2. Turf'en, a.p. 1425Made of turf; covered with turf.
  3. Turf'-hĕdge, n.p. 1425A hedge or fence formed with turf and plants of different kinds.
  4. Turf'-house, n.p. 1425A house or shed formed of turf, common in the northern parts of Europe.
  5. Turf'i-ness, n.p. 1425The state or quality of being turfy.
  6. Turf'ing-ī'ron, n.p. 1425An implement for paring off turf.
  7. Turf'ing-spāde, n.p. 1425An instrument for under-cutting turf, when marked out by the plow.
  8. Turf'ite, n.p. 1425A votary of the turf, or race-course; hence, a blackleg. [Colloq.]
  9. Turf'less, a.p. 1425Destitute of turf.
  10. Turf'-mŏss, n.p. 1425A tract of turfy, mossy, or boggy land.
  11. Turf'-spāde, n.p. 1425A spade for cutting and digging turf; longer and narrower than the common spade.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. Tur-ġĕsçe', v. i.p. 1425To become turgid; to swell or be inflated. [Rare.]
  15. 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.
  16. Tur-ġĕs'çent, a.p. 1425Swelling; growing big.
  17. 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…
  18. Tur-gĭd'i-ty, n.p. 1425The state of being turgid; tumidness. “The empty turgidity of Dryden.” Hare.
  19. Tur'gid-ly, adv.p. 1425In a turgid manner; pompously.
  20. 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…
  21. Tŭr'gid-ous, a.p. 1425Turgid. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
  22. Tū'rĭ-ō, n.p. 1425(Bot.) A shoot or sprout from the ground. Gray.
  23. Tū/ri-o-nîf'er-oûs, a.p. 1425Producing shoots, as asparagus. Barton.
  24. 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…
  25. 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…
  26. 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.
  27. 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.
  28. Tûr'key-cŏck, n.p. 1425A male turkey.
  29. Tûr'key-hĕn, n.p. 1425A female turkey.
  30. Tûr'key-pout, n.p. 1425A young turkey. [Rare.] Bailey.
  31. Tûr'key-rĕd, n.p. 1425A fine, durable red, dyed with madder upon calico or woolen cloth.
  32. Tûr'key-stōne, n.p. 1425A kind of oil-stone from Turkey; novaculite; —called also Turkey oil-stone.
  33. Tûr'kis, n.p. 1425The same as TURQUOIS, q. v. [Obs.]
  34. Tûrk'ism, n.p. 1425The same as TURCISM, q. v.
  35. Tûrk'ish, a.p. 1425(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Turkey, or to the Turks.
  36. Tûrk'ish-ly, adv.p. 1425In the manner of the Turks.
  37. Tûr'kle, n.p. 1425A turtle. [Obs. or vulgar.]
  38. Tûrk'o, n.p. 1425A soldier dressed as a Turk; a Zouave.
  39. Tur-kois', n.p. 1425(Min.) The same as TURQUOIS, q. v.
  40. Tûrk's'-câp, n.p. 1425(Bot.) (a.) A plant of the genus Lilium. (b.) A plant of the genus Melocactus; Turk's-head.
  41. Tûrk’s’-hĕad, n.p. 1425(Bot.) A plant of the genus Melocactus; Turk’s-cap. 2. (Naut.) A knot of a turban-like form worked on a rope with a piece of small line. Dana.
  42. Tûrk's'-tûr'ban, n.p. 1425(Bot.) A plant of the genus Ranunculus; crowfoot.
  43. Tûr'lu-pîn, n.p. 1425(Fr. Eccl. Hist.) One of the precursors of the Reformation; —a nickname corresponding to Lollards, &c.
  44. Tūrm, n.p. 1425A troop. [Obs. or poetical.] “Legions and cohorts, turms of horse.” Milton.
  45. Tûr'ma-līne, n.p. 1425Tourmaline. See TOURMALINE.
  46. Tŭr’mer-ic, n.p. 1425(Bot.) An East Indian plant of the genus Curcuma. 2. (Med.) The root or root-stock of the Curcuma longa. It is externally grayish, but internally of a deep, lively yellow or saffron color, and has a…
  47. Turmeric paperp. 1425a kind of unsized paper stained yellow with a decoction of turmeric, used as a test for free alkali, which changes its color to brown.
  48. Tûr'moil, n.p. 1425Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance. There I'll rest, as, after much turmoil, A blessed soul doth in Elysium. Shak.
  49. Tur-moil', v. t.p. 1425To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to weary. [Obs. or rare.] It is her fatal misfortune . . . to be miserably tossed and turmoiled with these storms of affliction. Spenser.
  50. Tur-moil', v. i.p. 1425To be disquieted; to be in commotion. [Obs.]
  51. Tûrn, v. t.p. 1425To form in a lathe; to shape or fashion by applying a cutting-tool to the material of, while revolving; as, to turn the legs of stools, tables, and the like; to turn ivory or metal. 2. Hence, to give…
  52. Tûrn, v. i.p. 1426To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve, entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a…
  53. Tûrn, n.p. 1426The act of turning; movement or motion about a center, or as if about a center; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel. 2. Change of direction; alteration of course; new direction or tendency; different…
  54. Tûrn'-brōach, n.p. 1426A turnspit. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
  55. Tûrn'-bĕnch, n.p. 1426A simple portable lathe, used by clockmakers and watchmakers. Simmonds.
  56. Tûrn'-câp, n.p. 1426A sort of chimney-cap, which turns round with the wind so as to present its opening to the leeward. Francis.
  57. Tûrn'-cōat, n.p. 1426One who forsakes his party or principles; a renegade; an apostate.
  58. Tûr'nep, n.p. 1426See TURNIP.
  59. Tûrn’er, n.p. 1426One who turns; especially, one whose occupation is to form articles with a lathe. 2. A variety of pigeon. 3. A person who practices athletic or gymnastic exercises; — so called among the Germans.
  60. Tăr'ner-ite, n.p. 1426(Min.) A rare mineral, occurring in small crystals of a yellowish-brown color, externally brilliant and translucent. It somewhat resembles sphene in its crystals, but differs from sphene in…