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A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding. [Eng.]

emarkable for the enormous size and curious shape of the nose membrane and ears. -- Lyre turtle (Zoöl.), the leatherback.

A large, pearly, spiral, marine shell (Turbo margaritaceus), from the Pacific Islands. It is used as an ornament.

Having machicolations. "Machicolated turrets." C. Kingsley.

nd motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc.; especially, a construction, more or less complex, consisting of a combination of moving parts, or simple mechanical elements, as wheels, levers, cams, etc., with their suppor…

An intoxicating confection from the hemp plant; -- used by the Turks and Hindoos. [Written also majoun.]

lk-and-cotton kerchief, usually of bright colors, such as those often used by negroes for turbans.

A muslin wrapper for the head and the lower part of the face, worn by Turkish and Armenian women when they go abroad.

A large Turkish ship. Crabb.

A bird of Celebes (megacephalon maleo), allied to the brush turkey. It makes mounds in which to lay its eggs.

me malevolence or enmity; virulently inimical; bent on evil; malicious. A malignant and a turbaned Turk. Shak.

erted in the work to shape it, or to hold it, as in a lathe, during the process of manufacture; an arbor.

f an ovoid shape. Some varieties are fleshy and luscious, and others tough and tasting of turpentine. The green fruit is pickled for market.

A supposed discovery which turns out to be a hoax; something grosaly absurd.

To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding. Marling spike. (Naut.) See under Marline.

Figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation. Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you. Jer. iii. 14. To marry ropes. (Naut.) (a) To place two ropes along side of each other so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time. (b) To join two ropes end to end s…

An excitant containing opium, much used by the Turks. Dunglison.

Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities; not fanciful or imaginative; commonplace; dry.

The European throstle or song thrush (Turdus musicus).

Pertaining to the maxillary and turbinal regions of the skull. -- n.