TURMERIC
TUR'MERIC, noun Indian saffron; a medicinal root brought from the East Indies, the root of the Curcuma longa. It is externally grayish, but internally of a deep lively yellow or...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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TURMOIL
TURMOIL', noun [I know not the origin of this word; but it is probably from the root of the Latin turba, turbo, turma, or of turn.]Disturbance, tumult; harassing labor; trouble;...
TURN
TURN, verb transitive [Latin turnus; torniare, to turn; tornare, to return; torneare, tornire, to turn to fence round, to tilt; torniamento, tournament.]1. To cause to move in a...
TURNCOAT
TURN'COAT, noun [turn and coat.] One who forsakes his party or principles.
TURNED
TURN'ED, participle passive Moved in a circle; changed.
TURNEP
TUR'NEP, noun [Latin napus, a turnep] A bulbous root or plant of the genus Brassica, of great value for food; an esculent root of several varieties.
TURNER
TURN'ER, noun One whose occupation is to form things with a lathe; one who turns.
TURNERITE
TURN'ERITE, noun A rare mineral occurring in small crystals of a yellowish brown color, externally brilliant and translucent.
TURNERY
TURN'ERY, noun The art of forming into a cylindrical shape by the lathe.1. Things made by a turner or in the lathe.
TURNING
TURN'ING, participle present tense Moving in a circle; changing; winding.TURN'ING, noun A winding; a bending course; flexure; meander.1. Deviation from the way or proper course.
TURNINGNESS
TURN'INGNESS, noun Quality of turning; tergivesation. [Not in use.]
TURNPIKE
TURN'PIKE, noun [turn and pike.] Strictly, a frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles, and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of breasts, bu...
TURNPIKE-ROAD
TURN'PIKE-ROAD, noun A road on which turnpikes or toll-gates are established by law, and which are made and kept in repair by the toll collected from travelers or passengers who...
TURNSERVING
TURN'SERVING, noun [turn and serve.] The act or practice of serving one's turn or promoting private interest.TURN'-SICK, adjective [turn and sick.] Giddy.
TURNSOLE
TURN'SOLE, noun [turn and Latin sol, the sun.] A plant of the genus Heliotropium, so named because its flower is supposed to turn towards the sun.
TURNSPIT
TURN'SPIT, noun [turn and spit.] A person who turns a spit.His lordship is his majesty's turnspit1. A variety of the dog, so called from turning the spit.
TURNSTILE
TURN'STILE, noun [turn and stile.] A turnpike in a foot-path.
TURNSTONE
TURN'STONE, noun [turn and stone.] A bird, called the sea-dotterel, the Tringa morinella, a little larger than an English blackbird. This bird takes its name from its practice o...
TURPENTINE
TUR'PENTINE, adjective [Latin terebinthina.] A transparent resinous substance, flowing naturally or by incision from several species of trees, as from the pine, larch, fir, etc....
TURPENTINE-TREE
TUR'PENTINE-TREE, noun A tree of the genus Pistacia, which produces not only its proper fruit, but a kind of horn which grows on the surface of its leaves. This is found to be a...
TURPETH
TUR'PETH, noun A root brought from the East Indies, particularly from Cambaya, Surat and Goa, or from Ceylon. It is the cortical part of the root of a species of Convolvulus. Th...
TURPITUDE
TURP'ITUDE, noun [Latin turpitudo, from turpis, foul, base.]1. Inherent baseness or vileness of principle in the human heart; extreme depravity.2. Baseness or vileness of words ...
TURREL
TUR'REL, noun A tool used by coopers.
TURRET
TUR'RET, noun [Latin turris.] A little tower; a small eminence or spire attached to a building and rising above it.And lift her turrets nearer to the sky.1. In the art of war, m...
TURRETED
TUR'RETED, adjective Formed like a tower; as a turreted lamp.1. Furnished with turrets.
TURRILITE
TUR'RILITE, noun The fossil remains of a spiral multilocular shell.
TURTLE
TUR'TLE, noun [Latin turtur.]1. A fowl of the genus Columba; called also the turtle dove, and turtle pigeon. It is a wild species, frequenting the thickest parts of the woods, a...