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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.

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

The American snakebird. See Snakebird.

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

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

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.

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…

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

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.

A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey.

To withdraw bones from the flesh of, as in cookery. "To bone a turkey." Soyer.

Deprived of bones; as, boned turkey or codfish.

The male wild turkey, the gobbler; -- so called in allusion to its notes.

A small piece of mutton or other meat roasted on a skewer; -- so called in Turkey and Persia.

A humble inn or house of rest for travelers, where coffee is sold. [Turkey]

The governor of a sanjak or district in Turkey.

successors of Mohammed both as temporal and spiritual rulers, now used by the sultans of Turkey, [Writting also calif.]