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Disturbed; confused; disordered. " Such turbid intervals that use to attend close prisoners." Howell.

The quality or state of being turbulent; a disturbed state; tumult; disorder; agitation. Shak. The years of . . . warfare and turbulence which ensued. Southey.

Disposed to insubordination and disorder; restless; unquiet; refractory; as, turbulent spirits. Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit. Dryden.

t upon himself. -- To turn upside down, to confuse by putting things awry; to throw into disorder. This house is turned upside down since Robin Ostler died. Shak.

inued fever lasting from two to three weeks, attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder, and marked by a copious eruption of red spots upon the body. Also called jail fever, famine fever, putrid fever, spottled fever, etc. See Jail fever, under Jail.

ly one of the natural surfaces of the body, and originating generally in a constitutional disorder; a sore discharging pus. It is distinguished from an abscess, which has its beginning, at least, in the depth of the tissues.

Being, or being thrown, out of equilibrium; hence, disordered or deranged in sense; unsteady; unsound; as, an unbalanced mind. Pope.

Disorderly. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson.

Disorderly; irregular; inordinate. [R.] -- Un*or"di*nate*ly, adv. [R.]

To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse. "Art shall be conjured for it, and nature all unraveled." Dryden.

To move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix; to displace; to disorder; to confuse.

To deprive of shape, or of proper shape; to disorder; to confound; to derange. [R.] Shak.

To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her. [Colloq.]

, literally, up as down.] With the upper part undermost; hence, in confusion; in complete disorder; topsy-turvy. Shak. These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also. Acts xvii. 6.

Having the nerves, or veins, placed in apparent disorder.

Extremely poisonous or venomous; very active in doing injury. A contagious disorder rendered more virulent by uncleanness. Sir W. Scott.

ning, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy. "Valor grown wild by pride." Prior. "A wild, speculative project." Swift. What are these So withered and so wild in their attire Shak. With mountains, as with weapons,…

A disorderly or neglected place. Cowper.

In a wild manner; without cultivation; with disorder; rudely; distractedly; extravagantly.

Disordered or unsettled in intellect; deranged. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.