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The Ottoman court; the government of the Turkish empire, officially called the Sublime Porte, from the gate (port) of the sultan's palace at which justice was administered.

owls reared for the table, or for their eggs or feathers, such as cocks and hens, capons, turkeys, ducks, and geese.

A plum; esp., a dried plum, used in cookery; as, French or Turkish prunes; California prunes. German prune (Bot.), a large dark purple plum, of oval shape, often one-sided. It is much used for preserving, either dried or in sirup. Prune tree. (Bot.) (a) A tree of the genus Prunus (P. domestica), which produces prunes.…

In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters.

A person not a Mohammedan, who pays the capitation tax. [Turkey.]

A reserve force in the Turkish army, or a soldier of the reserve. See Army organization, above.

A title formerly given to one of the chief Turkish officers of state. He was chancellor of the empire, etc.

s of Rheum, used much as a cathartic medicine. Monk's rhubarb. (Bot.) See under Monk. -- Turkey rhubarb (Med.), the roots of Rheum Emodi.

anguages descended from Latin, but containing many words from other languages, as Slavic, Turkish, and Greek.

One who performs massage, especially in a Turkish bath.

A depilatory made of orpiment and quicklime, and used by the Turks. See Rhusma.

A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows, in Turkey, from the desert. It is identical with the simoom of Arabia and the kamsin of Syria.

A district or a subvision of a vilayet. [Turkey]

A Turkish saint; a kind of dervish, regarded by the people as a saint: also, a hermit.

he South of Europe, corresponding to Sir or Mr. in English. Grand Seignior, the sultan of Turkey.

of Seljuk; an adherent of that family, or subject of its government; (pl.) the dynasty of Turkish sultans sprung from Seljuk.

An old gold coin of Italy and Turkey. It was first struck at Venice about the end of the 13th century, and afterward in the other Italian cities, and by the Levant trade was introduced into Turkey. It is worth about 9s. 3d. sterling, or about $2.25. The different kinds vary somewhat in value. [Written also chequin, and…

The palace of the Grand Seignior, or Turkish sultan, at Constantinople, inhabited by the sultan himself, and all the officers and dependents of his court. In it are also kept the females of the harem.

A general or commander of land forces in the Turkish empire; especially, the commander-in-chief of minister of war.

f religion which once prevalied among all the Ural- Altaic peoples (Tungusic, Mongol, and Turkish), and which still survives in various parts of Northern Asia. The Shaman, or wizard priest, deals with good as well as with evil spirits, especially the good spirits of ancestors. Encyc. Brit.