Legions and cohorts, turms of horse and wings.
Milton.
Tur"ma*line (?), n. (Min.) See Tourmaline.
Tur"mer*ic (?), n. [F. terre- mérite, NL. terramerita, turmerica;
apparently meaning, excellent earth, but perhaps a corruption of Ar.
kurkum. Cf. Curcuma.]
1. (Bot.) An East Indian plant of the genus Curcuma, of the Ginger
family.
2. The root or rootstock of the Curcuma longa. It is externally
grayish, but internally of a deep, lively yellow or saffron color, and
has a slight aromatic smell, and a bitterish, slightly acrid taste. It
is used for a dye, a medicine, a condiment, and a chemical test.
Tur"mer*ic, a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to turmeric; resembling, or
obtained from, turmeric; specif., designating an acid obtained by the
oxidation of turmerol.
Turmeric paper (Chem.), paper impregnated with turmeric and used as a
test for alkaline substances, by which it is changed from yellow to
brown. — Turmeric root. (Bot.) (a) Bloodroot. (b) Orangeroot.
Tur"mer*ol (?), n. [Turmeric + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) Turmeric oil, a
brownish yellow, oily substance extracted from turmeric by ligroin.
Tur"moil (?), n. [Of uncertain origin; perhaps fr. OF. tremouille the
hopper of a mill, trembler to tremble (cf. E. tremble); influenced by
E. turn and moil.] Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult;
disturbance; worrying confusion.
And there I'll rest, as after much turmoil, A blessed soul doth in
Elysium.
Shak.
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Tur*moil" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Turmoiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Turmoiling.] To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry. [Obs.]
It is her fatal misfortune . . . to be miserably tossed and turmoiled
with these storms of affliction.
Spenser.
Tur*moil", v. i. To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.
[Obs.] Milton.
Turn (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Turned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Turning.]
[OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL.
tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a
lathe, Gr. &?; a turner's chisel, a carpenter's tool for drawing
circles; probably akin to E. throw. See Throw, and cf. Attorney,
Return, Tornado, Tour, Tournament.] 1. To cause to move upon a center,
or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to
revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wholly, or
repeatedly; to make to change position so as to present other sides in
given directions; to make to face otherwise; as, to turn a wheel or a
spindle; to turn the body or the head.
Turn the adamantine spindle round.
Milton.
The monarch turns him to his royal guest.
Pope.
2. To cause to present a different side uppermost or outmost; to make
the upper side the lower, or the inside to be the outside of; to
reverse the position of; as, to turn a box or a board; to turn a coat.
3. To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to direct
otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; — used both literally
and figuratively; as, to turn the eyes to the heavens; to turn a horse
from the road, or a ship from her course; to turn the attention to or
from something. "Expert when to advance, or stand, or, turn the sway of
battle." Milton.
Thrice I deluded her, and turned to sport Her importunity.
Milton.
My thoughts are turned on peace.
Addison.
4. To change from a given use or office; to divert, as to another
purpose or end; to transfer; to use or employ; to apply; to devote.
Therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David.