TURDUS, tur'dus, _n._ a genus of Passerine birds of the _Turdidæ_ family,
the thrushes.--_adjs._ TUR'DIFORM, TUR'DINE, TUR'DOID, like a thrush.
TUREEN, t[=u]-r[=e]n', tu-r[=e]n', _n._ a large dish for holding soup at
table. [Fr. _terrine_--L. _terra_, earth.]
TURF, turf, _n._ the surface of land matted with the roots of grass, &c.: a
cake of turf cut off: sod: peat: race-ground: horse-racing, the
race-course:--_pl._ TURFS--(_obs._) TURVES.--_v.t._ to cover with peat or
sod.--_adj._ TURF'-CLAD, covered with turf.--_n._ TURF'-DRAIN, a drain in
which turf is used for a covering.--_adj._ TUR'FEN, made or covered with
turf.--_ns._ TURF'-HEDGE, a combination of turf and hedge-plants, forming a
fence; TUR'FINESS; TUR'FITE (_slang_), one devoted to horse-racing;
TURF'-SPADE, a long narrow spade for digging turf.--_adj._ TUR'FY,
resembling or abounding in turf: pertaining to horse-racing. [A.S. _turf_;
Ice. _torf_.]
TURGENT, tur'jent, _adj._ swelling: rising into a tumour: inflated:
bombastic.--_adv._ TUR'GENTLY.--_ns._ TURGES'CENCE, TURGES'CENCY.--_adjs._
TURGES'CENT, swelling: growing big; TUR'GID, swollen: extended beyond the
natural size: pompous: bombastic.--_ns._ TURGID'ITY, TUR'GIDNESS.--_adv._
TUR'GIDLY.--_n._ TURGOR (tur'gor), state of being full, the normal
condition of the capillaries. [L. _turg-ens_, _-entis_, pr.p. of
_turg[=e]re_, to swell.]
TURION, t[=u]'ri-on, _n._ a shoot from an underground bud, growing upward
into a new stem.--_adj._ TURIONIF'EROUS. [L. _turio_, a shoot.]
TURK, turk, _n._ a native of _Turkey_, an Ottoman--more widely, a member of
a race formerly classed among the 'Turanian' peoples, now more usual to
say, of the Mongolo-Tartar ethnological group, and speaking languages of
the Ural-Altaic family: a savage fellow: a Mohammedan: a Turkish horse: the
plum-weevil or curculio.--_ns._ TURK'EY-CAR'PET, a soft thick kind of
carpet; TURK'EY-HONE, -STONE, a kind of oilstone brought from Turkey, and
used for hones; TURK'EY-MER'CHANT, one whose trade is with Turkey or the
Turkish East; TURK'EY-RED, a fine durable red dye, obtained from madder,
but now mostly prepared chemically, first produced in Turkey;
TURK'EY-STONE, the turquoise.--_adj._ TURK'ISH, pertaining to the Turks or
to Turkey.--_n._ the language of the Turks.--_ns._ TURK'ISH-BATH, a kind of
hot-air bath in which the patient, after being sweated, is rubbed down, and
conducted through a series of cooling-chambers until he regains his normal
temperature; TURK'S'-HEAD, a kind of knot: a long broom with spherical
head: a kind of cooking-pan, having a tin core in the centre.--TURN TURK,
to become a Mohammedan: to go to the bad: to become hopelessly obstinate.
TURKEY, turk'i, _n._ a large gallinaceous bird, a native of America--not
_Turkey_.--_ns._ TURK'EY-BUZZ'ARD, a vulture found largely in North and
South America; TURK'EY-COCK, the male of the turkey: a foolishly proud
person.
TURKIS, turk'is, _n._ an older spelling of _turquoise_.--Also TURK'OIS.
TURKOMAN, tur'k[=o]-man, _n._ a member of a branch of the Turkish race,
found in Central Asia to the north of Persia.
TURLOUGH, tur'loh, _n._ a shallow pond in Ireland, dry in summer. [Ir.
_turloch_.]