Webster's Dictionary 1828

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TURBULENT

TUR'BULENT, adjective [Latin turbulentus, from turbo, to disturb.]1. Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; being in violent commotion; as the turbulent ocean.Calm region once,And ful...

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TURBULENTLY

TUR'BULENTLY, adverb Tumultuously; with violent agitation; with refractoriness.

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TURCISM

TUR'CISM, noun The religion of the Turks.

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TURF

TURF, noun1. That 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. This is othe...

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TURFED

TURF'ED, participle passive Covered with turf or green sod.TURF'-HEDGE, noun A hedge or fence formed with turf and plants of different kinds.TURF'-HOUSE, noun A house or shed fo...

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TURFINESS

TURF'INESS, noun [from turfy.] The state of abounding with turf, or of having the consistence or qualities of turf.

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TURFING

TURF'ING, participle present tense Covering with turf.TURF'ING, noun The operation of laying down turf, or covering with turf.

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TURFING-IRON

TURF'ING-IRON, noun An implement for paring off turf.

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TURFING-SPADE

TURF'ING-SPADE, noun An instrument for under-cutting turf, when marked out by the plow.TURF'-MOSS, noun A tract of turfy, mossy, or boggy land.TURF'-SPADE, noun A spade for cutt...

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TURFY

TURF'Y, adjective Abounding with turf.1. Having the qualities of turf.

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TURGENT

TUR'GENT, adjective [Latin turgens, form turgeo, to swell.] Swelling; tumid; rising into a tumor or puffy state; as when the humors are turgent

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TURGESCENCE

TURGES'CENCETURGES'CENCY, noun [Latin turgescens.] The act of swelling.1. The state of being swelled.2. Empty pompousness; inflation; bombast.

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TURGESCENCY

TURGES'CENCY, n. [L. turgescens.] The act of swelling.1. The state of being swelled.2. Empty pompousness; inflation; bombast.

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TURGID

TUR'GID, adjective [Latin turgidus, from turgeo, to swell.]1. Swelled; bloated; distended beyond its natural state by some internal agent or expansive force.A bladder held by th...

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TURGIDITY

TURGID'ITY, noun State of being swelled; tumidness.

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TURGIDLY

TUR'GIDLY, adverb With swelling or empty pomp.

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TURGIDNESS

TUR'GIDNESS, noun A swelling or swelled state of a thing; distention beyond its natural state by some internal force or agent, as in a limb.1. Pompousness; inflated manner of wr...

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TURIONIFEROUS

TURIONIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin turio, a shoot, and fero, to bear.]Producing shoots.

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TURKEY

TUR'KEYTUR'KEY-STONE, noun Another name of the oil-stone, from turkey

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TURKEY-STONE

TUR'KEY-STONE, n. Another name of the oil-stone, from Turkey.

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TURKOIS

TURK'OIS, noun A mineral, called also calaite, brought from the east; of a beautiful light green color, occurring in thin layers, or in rounded masses, or in reniform masses, wi...

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TURKS-CAP

TURK'S-CAP, noun A plant of the genus Lilium.

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TURKS-HEAD

TURK'S-HEAD, noun A plant of the genus Cactus.

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TURKS-TURBAN

TURK'S-TURBAN, noun A plant of the genus Ranunculus.

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TURKY

TUR'KY, noun [As this fowl was not brought from Turkey, it would be more correct to write the name turky] A large fowl, the Meleagris gallopavo, a distinct genus. It is a native...

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TURM

TURM, noun [Latin turma.] A troop. [Not English.]TUR'MALIN, noun An electric stone. [See Tourmalin.]

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TURMALIN

TUR'MALIN, noun [probably a corruption of tournamal, a name given to this stone in Ceylon.] In mineralogy, a silicious stone, sometimes used as a gem by jewelers, remarkable for...