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Turnspit
n.
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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.
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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.
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A similar arrangement for registering the number of persons passing through a gateway, doorway, or the like.
Turnstone
n.
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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.
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A large revolving platform, for turning railroad cars, locomotives, etc., in a different direction; -- called also turnplate.
Turnus
n.
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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.
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A company or association of gymnasts and athletes.
Turnwrest
n.
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Designating a cumbersome style of plow used in England, esp. in Kent.
Turnwrest
n.
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designating a kind of hillside plow.
Turonian
n.
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One of the subdivisions into which the Upper Cretaceous formation of Europe is divided.
Turpentine
n.
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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.
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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.
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A heavy yellow powder, Hg3O2SO4, which consists of a basic mercuric sulphate; -- called also turpeth mineral.
Turpin
n.
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A land tortoise.
Turpitude
n.
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Inherent baseness or vileness of principle, words, or actions; shameful wickedness; depravity.
Turquoise
n.
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Alt. of Turquois
Turquois
n.
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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.
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Having a fine light blue color, like that of choice mineral turquoise.
Turrel
n.
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A certain tool used by coopers.
Turret
n.
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A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the angles of a larger structure.
Turret
n.
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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.
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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.
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The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car. Its sides are pierced for light and ventilation.
Turreted
a.
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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.
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Formed like a tower; as, a turreted lamp.
Turribant
n.
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A turban.
Turrical
a.
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Of or pertaining to a turret, or tower; resembling a tower.
Turriculate
a.
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Alt. of Turriculated
Turriculated
a.
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Furnished with, or formed like, a small turret or turrets; somewhat turreted.
Turrilite
n.
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Any fossil ammonite of the genus Turrilites. The shell forms an open spiral with the later whorls separate.