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of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia, etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in Turkey.

The melon cactus. [West Indies]

Turkish. [Obs.] Chaucer.

An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia. Turkey carpet, a superior kind of carpet made in Asia Minor and adjoining countries, having a deep pile and composed of pure wool with a weft of different material. It is distinguishable by its coloring and patterns from similar carpets made in India and elsew…

An eccentric ragtime dance, danced with the feet well apart and with a characteristic rise on the ball of the foot, followed by a drop upon the heel. The original form, owning to the positions assumed by the dancers, is offensively suggestive. Similar dances are the bunny hug and grizzly bear, so called in allusion to…

Turkish. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Turkish.

Turquois. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to Turkey or the Turks. -- n.

Same as Turcism.

A turtle. [Obs. or Illiterate]

One of a body of native Algerian tirailleurs in the French army, dressed as a Turk. [Written also Turco.]

A member of any race of the Turko-Iranian type.

Turquoise.

Same as Turcoman.

A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia (Talegalla Lathami) of the family Megapodidæ. Also applied to several allied species of New Guinea.

Lit., culture war; -- a name, originating with Virchow (1821 -- 1902), given to a struggle between the the Roman Catholic Church and the German government, chiefly over the latter's efforts to control educational and ecclesiastical appointments in the interest of the political policy of centralization. The struggle beg…

See Stirk. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

The American snakebird. See Snakebird.

In Turkey, a commander or chief officer. It is used also as a title of respect.