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Same as Turcoman.

One of the precursors of the Reformation; -- a nickname corresponding to Lollard, etc.

A troop; a company. [Obs. or Poetic] Legions and cohorts, turms of horse and wings. Milton.

See Tourmaline.

Of or pertaining to turmeric; resembling, or obtained from, turmeric; specif., designating an acid obtained by the oxidation of turmerol. Turmeric paper (Chem.), paper impregnated with turmeric and used as a test for alkaline substances, by which it is changed from yellow to brown. -- Turmeric root. (Bot.) (a) Bloodro…

Turmeric oil, a brownish yellow, oily substance extracted from turmeric by ligroin.

Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance; worrying confusion. And there I'll rest, as after much turmoil, A blessed soul doth in Elysium. Shak.

ition so as to present other sides in given directions; to make to face otherwise; as, to turn a wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the head. Turn the adamantine spindle round. Milton. The monarch turns him to his royal guest. Pope.

A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc.

ed; hence, an equipage; as, a man with a showy carriage and horses is said to have a fine turn-out.

A disease with which sheep are sometimes affected; gid; sturdy. See Gid.

A turnspit. [Obs.] " One that was her turnbroach." Beau. & Fl.

The double cyanide of ferrous and ferric iron, a dark blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, used in dyeing, calico printing, etc. Cf. Prussian blue, under Prussian.

One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an apostate. He is a turncoat, he was not true to his profession. Bunyan.

Capable of being turned down; specif. (Elec.), designating, or pertaining to, an incandescent lamp with a small additional filament which can be made incandescent when only a small amount of light is required.

See Turnip. [Obs.]

One who turns; especially, one whose occupation is to form articles with a lathe.

A variety of monazite.

Things or forms made by a turner, or in the lathe. Chairs of wood, the seats triangular, the backs, arms, and legs loaded with turnery. Walpole.

Tourney. [Obs.] Chaucer. "In open turney." Spenser. Milton.