Turnhalle (n.) A building used as a school of gymnastics.
Turnicimorphae (n. pl.) A division of birds including Turnix and allied genera, resembling quails in appearance but differing from them anatomically.
Turning (n.) The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a fiexure; a meander.
Turning (n.) The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road.
Turning (n.) Deviation from the way or proper course.
Turning (n.) Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various by means of a lathe and cutting tools.
Turning (n.) The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned.
Turning (n.) A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is turned.
Turningness (n.) The quality of turning; instability; tergiversation.
Turnip (v. t.) The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also, the plant itself.
Turnip-shell (n.) Any one of several large, thick, spiral marine shells belonging to Rapa and allied genera, somewhat turnip-shaped.
Turnix (n.) Any one of numerous species of birds belonging to Turnix or Hemipodius and allied genera of the family Turnicidae. These birds resemble quails and partridges in general appearance and in some of their habits, but differ in important anatomical characteristics. The hind toe is usually lacking. They are found in Asia, Africa, Southern Europe, the East Indian Islands, and esp. in Australia and adjacent islands, where they are called quails (see Quail, n., 3.). See Turnicimorphae.
Turnkeys (pl. ) of Turnkey
Turnkey (n.) A person who has charge of the keys of a prison, for opening and fastening the doors; a warder.
Turnkey (n.) An instrument with a hinged claw, -- used for extracting teeth with a twist.
Turn-outs (pl. ) of Turn-out
Turn-out (n.) The act of coming forth; a leaving of houses, shops, etc.; esp., a quitting of employment for the purpose of forcing increase of wages; a strike; -- opposed to lockout.
Turn-out (n.) A short side track on a railroad, which may be occupied by one train while another is passing on a main track; a shunt; a siding; a switch.
Turn-out (n.) That which is prominently brought forward or exhibited; hence, an equipage; as, a man with a showy carriage and horses is said to have a fine turn-out.
Turn-out (n.) The aggregate number of persons who have come out, as from their houses, for a special purpose.
Turn-out (n.) Net quantity of produce yielded.
Turnover (n.) The act or result of turning over; an upset; as, a bad turnover in a carriage.
Turnover (n.) A semicircular pie or tart made by turning one half of a circular crust over the other, inclosing the fruit or other materials.
Turnover (n.) An apprentice, in any trade, who is handed over from one master to another to complete his time.
Turnover (a.) Admitting of being turned over; made to be turned over; as, a turnover collar, etc.
Turnpike (n.) 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 admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile. See Turnstile, 1.
Turnpike (n.) A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, till toll is paid for keeping the road in repair; a tollgate.
Turnpike (n.) A turnpike road.
Turnpike (n.) A winding stairway.
Turnpike (n.) A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise.
Turnpiked (imp. & p. p.) of Turnpike
Turnpiking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Turnpike
Turnpike (v. t.) To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; into a rounded form, as the path of a road.
Turnplate (n.) A turntable.
Turn-sick (a.) Giddy.
Turn-sick (n.) A disease with which sheep are sometimes affected; gid; sturdy. See Gid.
Turnsole (a.) A plant of the genus Heliotropium; heliotrope; -- so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun.
Turnsole (a.) The sunflower.
Turnsole (a.) A kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia).
Turnsole (a.) The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora tinctoria.
Turnsole (a.) Litmus.
Turnsole (a.) A purple dye obtained from the plant turnsole. See def. 1 (d).
Turnspit (n.) One who turns a spit; hence, a person engaged in some menial office.
Turnspit (n.) A small breed of dogs having a long body and short crooked legs. These dogs were formerly much used for turning a spit on which meat was roasting.
Turnstile (n.) A revolving frame in a footpath, preventing the passage of horses or cattle, but admitting that of persons; a turnpike. See Turnpike, n., 1.
Turnstile (n.) A similar arrangement for registering the number of persons passing through a gateway, doorway, or the like.
Turnstone (n.) Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas and Arenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and European species (Strepsilas interpres). They are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in search of mollusks and other aquatic animals. Called also brant bird, sand runner, sea quail, sea lark, sparkback, and skirlcrake.
Turntable (n.) A large revolving platform, for turning railroad cars, locomotives, etc., in a different direction; -- called also turnplate.
Turnus (n.) A common, large, handsome, American swallowtail butterfly, now regarded as one of the forms of Papilio, / Jasoniades, glaucus. The wings are yellow, margined and barred with black, and with an orange-red spot near the posterior angle of the hind wings. Called also tiger swallowtail. See Illust. under Swallowtail.
Turnverein (n.) A company or association of gymnasts and athletes.
Turnwrest (n.) Designating a cumbersome style of plow used in England, esp. in Kent.
Turnwrest (n.) designating a kind of hillside plow.
Turonian (n.) One of the subdivisions into which the Upper Cretaceous formation of Europe is divided.
Turpentine (n.) A semifluid or fluid oleoresin, primarily the exudation of the terebinth, or turpentine, tree (Pistacia Terebinthus), a native of the Mediterranean region. It is also obtained from many coniferous trees, especially species of pine, larch, and fir.
Turpeth (n.) The root of Ipom/a Turpethum, a plant of Ceylon, Malabar, and Australia, formerly used in medicine as a purgative; -- sometimes called vegetable turpeth.
Turpeth (n.) A heavy yellow powder, Hg3O2SO4, which consists of a basic mercuric sulphate; -- called also turpeth mineral.
Turpin (n.) A land tortoise.
Turpitude (n.) Inherent baseness or vileness of principle, words, or actions; shameful wickedness; depravity.
Turquoise (n.) Alt. of Turquois
Turquois (n.) A hydrous phosphate of alumina containing a little copper; calaite. It has a blue, or bluish green, color, and usually occurs in reniform masses with a botryoidal surface.
Turquoise (a.) Having a fine light blue color, like that of choice mineral turquoise.
Turrel (n.) A certain tool used by coopers.
Turret (n.) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the angles of a larger structure.
Turret (n.) A movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries.
Turret (n.) A revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates, within which cannon are mounted. Turrets are used on vessels of war and on land.
Turret (n.) The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car. Its sides are pierced for light and ventilation.
Turreted (a.) Furnished with a turret or turrets; specifically (Zool.), having the whorls somewhat flattened on the upper side and often ornamented by spines or tubercles; -- said of certain spiral shells.
Turreted (a.) Formed like a tower; as, a turreted lamp.
Turribant (n.) A turban.
Turrical (a.) Of or pertaining to a turret, or tower; resembling a tower.
Turriculate (a.) Alt. of Turriculated
Turriculated (a.) Furnished with, or formed like, a small turret or turrets; somewhat turreted.
Turrilite (n.) Any fossil ammonite of the genus Turrilites. The shell forms an open spiral with the later whorls separate.
Turritella (n.) Any spiral marine gastropod belonging to Turritella and allied genera. These mollusks have an elongated, turreted shell, composed of many whorls. They have a rounded aperture, and a horny multispiral operculum.
Turritelloid (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the turritellas.
Turtle (n.) The turtledove.
Turtle (n.) Any one of the numerous species of Testudinata, especially a sea turtle, or chelonian.
Turtle (n.) The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.
Turtledove (n.) Any one of numerous species of pigeons belonging to Turtur and allied genera, native of various parts of the Old World; especially, the common European species (Turtur vulgaris), which is noted for its plaintive note, affectionate disposition, and devotion to its mate.
Turtledove (n.) Any one of several species of pigeons more or less resembling the true turtledoves, as the American mourning dove (see under Dove), and the Australian turtledove (Stictopelia cuneata).
Turtle-footed (a.) Slow-footed.
Turtlehead (n.) An American perennial herb (Chelone glabra) having white flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also snakehead, shell flower, and balmony.
Turtler (n.) One who catches turtles or tortoises.
Turtle-shell (n.) The turtle cowrie.
Turtling (n.) The act, practice, or art of catching turtles.
Turves () pl. of Turf.
Tuscan (a.) Of or pertaining to Tuscany in Italy; -- specifically designating one of the five orders of architecture recognized and described by the Italian writers of the 16th century, or characteristic of the order. The original of this order was not used by the Greeks, but by the Romans under the Empire. See Order, and Illust. of Capital.
Tuscan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Tuscany.
Tuscaroras (n. pl.) A tribe of North American Indians formerly living on the Neuse and Tar rivers in North Carolina. They were conquered in 1713, after which the remnant of the tribe joined the Five Nations, thus forming the Six Nations. See Six Nations, under Six.
Tuscor (n.) A tush of a horse.
Tush (interj.) An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it.
Tush (n.) A long, pointed tooth; a tusk; -- applied especially to certain teeth of horses.
Tusk (n.) Same as Torsk.
Tusk (n.) One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth.
Tusk (n.) A toothshell, or Dentalium; -- called also tusk-shell.
Tusk (n.) A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets. Thus, in the illustration, a is the tusk, and each of the several parts, or offsets, is called a tooth.
Tusk (v. i.) To bare or gnash the teeth.
Tusked (a.) Furnished with tusks.
Tusker (n.) An elephant having large tusks.
Tusk-shell (n.) See 2d Tusk, n., 2.