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man-kind, heir-loom, war-like, which are agglutinative compounds. The Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, the Tamul, etc., are agglutinative languages. R. Morris. Agglutinative languages preserve the consciousness of their roots. Max Müller.

Of or pertaining to Albania, a province of Turkey. -- n.

The imperial standard of the Turkish Empire.

6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially from anthracene. It produces the Turkish reds.

he Lisbon almude is about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6, gallons U. S. measure. In Turkey the "almud" is about 1.4 gallons.

ng form meaning the same as English; or English and, or English conjoined with; as, Anglo-Turkish treaty, Anglo-German, Anglo-Irish. Anglo-American, . Of or pertaining to the English and Americans, or to the descendants of Englishmen in America. -- n. A descendant from English ancestors born in America, or the United…

t of Albania and neighboring mountainous regions, specif. one serving as a soldier in the Turkish army.

A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.

An Axminster carpet, an imitation Turkey carpet, noted for its thick and soft pile; -- so called from Axminster, Eng.

[More fully chenille Axminster.] A variety of Turkey carpet, woven by machine or, when more than 27 inches wide, on a hand loom, and consisting of strips of worsted chenille so colored as to produce a pattern on a stout jute backing. It has a fine soft pile. So called from Axminster, England, where it was formerly (175…

Azure. [Obs.] Thick set with agate, and the azurn sheen Of turkis blue, and emerald green. Milton.

In Egypt and the Turkish empire, a gratuity; a "tip".

A house for bathing, sweating, etc.; -- also, in Turkey, a prison for slaves. [Obs.]

ish, aromatic taste, and a fragrant smell. It is valued as an unguent and cosmetic by the Turks. The fragrant herb Dracocephalum Canariense is familiarly called balm of Gilead, and so are the American trees, Populus balsamifera, variety candicans (balsam poplar), and Abies balsamea (balsam fir).

dgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly. The desperate tempest hath so banged the Turks. Shak.

A Turkish title of honor, now written pasha. See Pasha.

A soldier belonging to the irregular troops of the Turkish army.

A sound beating with a stick or cudgel. Specifically: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his feet.

A weight used in the East, varying according to the locality; in Turkey, the greater batman is about 157 pounds, the lesser only a fourth of this; at Aleppo and Smyrna, the batman is 17 pounds. Simmonds.

olerate; to undergo; to suffer. Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne. Pope. I cannot bear The murmur of this lake to hear. Shelley. My punishment is greater than I can bear. Gen. iv. 13.