Webster's Dictionary 1913

5806

Turnover (2)

Turn″o′ver, a. Admitting of being turned over; made to be turned over; as, a turnover collar, etc.

5807

Turnpike

Turn″pike′ (?), n. [Turn + pike.] 1. A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of beasts, but admitt...

5808

Turnpike (2)

Turn″pike′ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Turnpiked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Turnpiking.] To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; into a rounded form, as the path of a road. K...

5809

Turnplate

Turn″plate′ (?), n. A turntable.

5810

Turnsole

Turn″sole′ (?), n. [F. tournesol, It. tornasole; tornare to turn (LL. tornare) + sole the sun, L. sol. See Turn, Solar, a., and cf. Heliotrope.] [Written also turnsol.] 1. (Bot....

5811

Turnspit

Turn″spit′ (?), n. 1. One who turns a spit; hence, a person engaged in some menial office.His lordship is his majesty's turnspit. Burke.2. (Zoöl.) A small breed of dogs having a...

5812

Turnstile

Turn″stile′ (?), n. 1. A revolving frame in a footpath, preventing the passage of horses or cattle, but admitting that of persons; a turnpike. See Turnpike, n., 1.2. A similar a...

5813

Turnstone

Turn″stone′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas and Arenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and European species (Str...

5814

Turntable

Turn″ta′ble (?), n. A large revolving platform, for turning railroad cars, locomotives, etc., in a different direction; — called also turnplate.

5815

Turnus

‖Tur″nus (?), n. [NL., fr. L. Turnus, the king of the Rutuli, mentioned in the Æneid.] (Zoöl.) A common, large, handsome, American swallowtail butterfly, now regarded as one of ...

5816

Turnverein

‖Turn″ve‐rein′ (?), n. [G., from turnen to exercise + verein a union.] A company or association of gymnasts and athletes.

5817

Turnwrest

Turn″wrest′ (?), n. (a) Designating a cumbersome style of plow used in England, esp. in Kent. (b) designating a kind of hillside plow. Knight.

5818

Turonian

Tu‐ro″ni‐an (?), n.(Geol.) One of the subdivisions into which the Upper Cretaceous formation of Europe is divided.

5819

Turpentine

Tur″pen‐tine, n. [F. térébentine, OF. also turbentine; cf. Pr. terebentina, terbentina, It. terebentina, trementina; fr. L. terebinthinus of the turpentine tree, from terebinthu...

5820

Turpentine State

Tur″pen‐tine State. North Carolina; — a nickname alluding to its extensive production of turpentine.

5821

Turpeth

Tur″peth (?), n. [NL. turpethum, fr. Per. tirbid a cathartic, turbad a purgative root. Cf. Turbith.] [Written also turbeth, and turbith.] 1. (Bot.) The root of Ipomœa Turpethum,...

5822

Turpin

Tur″pin (?), n.(Zoöl.) A land tortoise.

5823

Turpitude

Tur″pi‐tude (?), n. [L. turpitudo, from turpis foul, base.] Inherent baseness or vileness of principle, words, or actions; shameful wickedness; depravity. Shak.

5824

Turquoise

{ Tur‐quoise″, Tur‐quois″ } (?; 277), n. [F. turquoise; cf. Pr. & Sp. turquesa, It. turchese, turchina, LL. turchesius, turchina; — so called because first brought from Turkey. ...

5825

Turquoise (2)

Tur‐quoise″, a. Having a fine light blue color, like that of choice mineral turquoise.

5826

Turrel

Tur″rel (?), n. [Cf. OF. touroul a little wooden instrument to fasten doors or windows.] A certain tool used by coopers. Sherwood.

5827

Turret

Tur″ret (?), n. [OE. touret, OF. tourette, dim. of tour a tower, L. turris. See Tower.]1. (Arch.) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the angles o...

5828

Turret deck

Tur″ret deck. A narrow superstructure running from stem to stern on the upper deck of a steam cargo vessel having a rounded gunwale and sides curved inward convexly.

5829

Turret steamer

Tur″ret steam′er. A whaleback steamer with a hatch coaming, usually about seven feet high, extending almost continuously fore and aft.

5830

Turreted

Tur″ret‐ed, a. 1. Furnished with a turret or turrets; specifically (Zoöl.), having the whorls somewhat flattened on the upper side and often ornamented by spines or tubercles; —...

5831

Turribant

Tur″ri‐bant (?), n. [See Turban.] A turban.With hundred turrets like a turribant. Spenser.

5832

Turrical

Tur″ric‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a turret, or tower; resembling a tower.