Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 86
Tunnel (v. t.) To catch in a tunnel net.
Tunnel (v. t.) To make an opening, or a passageway, through or under; as, to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river.
Tunnel (n.) A passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars); "the tunnel reduced congestion at that intersection."
Tunnel (n.) A hole made by an animal, usually for shelter [syn: burrow, tunnel].
Tunnel (v. i.) 挖掘隧道；打開通道 [（+through）] Move through by or as by digging; "burrow through the forest" [syn: burrow, tunnel].
Compare: Burrow
Burrow (v. i.) [imp. & p. p. Burrowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Burrowing.] To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits.
Burrow (v. i.) To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place; to hide.
Sir, this vermin of court reporters, when they are forced into day upon one point, are sure to burrow in another. -- Burke.
Burrowing owl (Zool.), A small owl of the western part of North America ({Speotyto cunicularia), which lives in holes, often in company with the prairie dog.
Burrow (n.) An incorporated town. See 1st Borough.
Burrow (n.) A shelter; esp. a hole in the ground made by certain animals, as rabbits, for shelter and habitation.
Burrow (n.) (Mining) A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.
Burrow (n.) A mound. See 3d Barrow, and Camp, n., 5.
Compare: Camp
Camp (n.) The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc. -- Shak.
Camp (n.) A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner.
Forming a camp in the neighborhood of Boston. -- W. Irving.
Camp (n.) A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp.
Camp (n.) The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc.
The camp broke up with the confusion of a flight. -- Macaulay.
Camp (n.) (Agric.) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also burrow and pie. [Prov. Eng.]
Camp (n.) An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England. -- Halliwell.
Camp bedstead, A light bedstead that can be folded up onto a small space for easy transportation.
Camp ceiling (Arch.), A kind ceiling often used in attics or garrets, in which the side walls are inclined inward at the top, following the slope of the rafters, to meet the plane surface of the upper ceiling.
Camp chair, A light chair that can be folded up compactly for easy transportation; the seat and back are often made of strips or pieces of carpet.
Camp fever, Typhus fever.
Camp follower, A civilian accompanying an army, as a sutler, servant, etc.
Camp meeting, A religious gathering for open-air preaching, held in some retired spot, chiefly by Methodists. It usually last for several days, during which those present lodge in tents, temporary houses, or cottages.
Camp stool, The same as camp chair, except that the stool has no back.
Flying camp (Mil.), A camp or body of troops formed for rapid motion from one place to another. -- Farrow.
To pitch (a) camp, To set up the tents or huts of a camp.
To strike camp, To take down the tents or huts of a camp.
Burrow (n.) A hole made by an animal, usually for shelter [syn: burrow, tunnel].
Burrow (v.) Move through by or as by digging; "burrow through the forest" [syn: burrow, tunnel].
Tunnel (v.) Force a way through.
Compare: Tuna
Tuna (n.) (Bot.) 【植】金槍仙人掌 The Opuntia Tuna. See Prickly pear, under Prickly.
Compare: Opuntia
Opuntia (prop. n.) [NL.] (Bot.) 【植】仙人掌 A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or Indian fig.
Compare: Cactaceous
Cactaceous (a.) (Bot.) 仙人掌科的 Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example.
Opuntia (n.) Large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears [syn: Opuntia, genus Opuntia].
Tuna (n.) (Zool.) 【魚】鮪，金鎗魚 Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the mackerel family Scombridae, especially bluefin+tuna+({Thunnus+thynnus">the bluefin tuna ({Thunnus thynnus, formerly Orcynus thynnus or Albacora thynnus), called also the common tunny or great tunny, a native of the Mediterranean Sea and of temperate parts of the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is caught commercially in large quantity for use as food; -- also called, especially in Britain, tunny. It is also one of the favorite fishes used by the Japanese in preparing sushi. On the American coast, especially in New England, it is sometimes called the horse mackerel. Another well-known species is the yellowfin tuna ({Thunnus albacares) of warm seas. the See Illust. of Horse mackerel, under Horse.
Note: The little tunny ({Gymnosarda alletterata) of the Mediterranean and North Atlantic, and the long-finned tunny, or albacore ({Thunnus alalunga) (see Albacore), are related species of smaller size.
Tuna (n.) The bonito, 2.
Tuna (n.) The meat of the tuna, used as food; -- also called tuna fish.
Tuna (n.) Tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica [syn: tuna, Opuntia tuna].
Tuna (n.) Important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks [syn: tuna, tuna fish, tunny].
Tuna (n.) Any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters [syn: tuna, tunny].
Tuna (n.) New Zealand eel [syn: tuna, Anguilla sucklandii].
Tunnies (n. pl. ) of Tunny.
Tunny (n.) (Zool.) The chiefly British equivalent of tuna; any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny ({Thunnus thynnus syn. Albacora thynnus, formerly Orcynus thynnus) native of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is extensively caught in the Mediterranean. On the American coast it is called horse mackerel. See Illust. of Horse mackerel, under Horse. [Written also thynny.]
Note: The little tunny ({Gymnosarda alletterata) of the Mediterranean and North Atlantic, and the long-finned tunny, or albicore ({Thunnus alalunga, see Albacore), are related species of smaller size.
Tunny (n.) Important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks [syn: tuna, tuna fish, tunny].
Tunny (n.) Any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters [syn: tuna, tunny].
Compare: Ram
Ram (n.) The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.
Ram (n.) (Astron.) Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March.
Ram (n.) (Astron.) The constellation Aries, which does not now, as formerly, occupy the sign of the same name.
Ram (n.) An engine of war used for butting or battering. Specifically:
Ram (n.) In ancient warfare, a long beam suspended by slings in a framework, and used for battering the walls of cities; a battering-ram.
Ram (n.) A heavy steel or iron beak attached to the prow of a steam war vessel for piercing or cutting down the vessel of an enemy; also, a vessel carrying such a beak.
Ram (n.) A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic.
Ram (n.) The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like.
Ram (n.) The plunger of a hydraulic press.
Ram's horn. (Fort.) A low semicircular work situated in and commanding a ditch. [Written also ramshorn.] -- Farrow.
Ram's horn. (Paleon.) An ammonite.
Tup (v. t. & i.) To butt, as a ram does. [Prov. Eng.]
Tup (v. t. & i.) To cover; -- said of a ram. -- Shak.
Tup (n.) (Zool.) A ram.
Tup (n.) Uncastrated adult male sheep; "a British term is `tup'" [syn: ram, tup].
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Tupai (n.) (Zool.) Any one of the tupaiids.
Tupaiid (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of East Indian and Asiatic insectivores of the family Tupaiidae, somewhat resembling squirrels in size and arboreal habits. The nose is long and pointed.
Tupelo (n.) (Bot.) A North American tree ({Nyssa multiflora) of the Dogwood family, having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries. The wood is crossgrained and very difficult to split. Called also black gum, sour gum, and pepperidge.
Largo tupelo, or Tupelo gum (Bot.), An American tree ({Nyssa uniflora) with softer wood than the tupelo.
Sour tupelo (Bot.), The Ogeechee lime.
Tupmen (n. pl. ) of Tupman.
Tupman (n.) A man who breeds, or deals in tups. [Prov. Eng.]
Tur (n.) [Pol.] (Zool.) The urus.
Compare: Urus
Urus (n.) (Zool.) A very large, powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal ({Bos urus or Bos primigenius) anciently abundant in Europe. It appears to have still existed in the time of Julius Caesar. It had very large horns, and was hardly capable of domestication. Called also, ur, ure, and tur.
Turacin (n.) (Chem.) A red or crimson pigment obtained from certain feathers of several species of turacou; whence the name. It contains nearly six per cent of copper.
Turacou (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of plantain eaters of the genus Turacus, native of Africa. They are remarkable for the peculiar green and red pigments found in their feathers. [Written also touraco, touracou, and turakoo.]
Turacoverdin (n.) (Chem.) A green pigment found in the feathers of the turacou. See Turacin.
Turanian (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of languages of simple structure and low grade (called also Altaic, Ural-Altaic, and Scythian), spoken in the northern parts of Europe and Asia and Central Asia; of pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these languages.
Turanian (n.) One of the Turanians.
Turanians (n. pl.) (Ethnol.) An extensive division of mankind including the Mongols and allied races of Asia, together with the Malays and Polynesians.
Turanians (n. pl.) (Ethnol.) A group of races or tribes inhabiting Asia and closely related to the Mongols.
Turatt (n.) (Zool.) The hare kangaroo.
Turban (n.) A headdress worn by men in the Levant and by most Mohammedans of the male sex, consisting of a cap, and a sash, scarf, or shawl, usually of cotton or linen, wound about the cap, and sometimes hanging down the neck.
Turban (n.) A kind of headdress worn by women.
Turban (n.) (Zool.) The whole set of whorls of a spiral shell.
Turband (n.) A turban. -- Balfour (Cyc. of Ind.).
Turbaned (a.) Wearing a turban. " A malignant and a turbaned Turk". -- Shak.
Turban-shell (n.) (Zool.) A sea urchin when deprived of its spines; -- popularly so called from a fancied resemblance to a turban.
Turbant (n.) A turban. [Obs.] -- Milton.
I see the Turk nodding with his turbant. -- Howell.
Turban-top (n.) (Bot.) A kind of fungus with an irregularly wrinkled, somewhat globular pileus ({Helvella esculenta syn. Gyromitra esculenta.).
Turbaries (n. pl. ) of Turbary.
Turbary (n.) (Eng. Law) A right of digging turf on another man's land; also, the ground where turf is dug.
Turbellaria (n. pl.) (Zool.) An extensive group of worms which have the body covered externally with vibrating cilia. It includes the Rhabdoc[oe]la and Dendroc[oe]la. Formerly, the nemerteans were also included in this group.
Turbellaria (n.) Free-living flatworms [syn: Turbellaria, class Turbellaria].
Turbellarian (n.) (Zool.) One of the Turbellaria. Also used adjectively.
Turbeth (n.) See Turpeth.
Turpeth (n.) [Written also turbeth, and turbith.] (Bot.) The root of Ipom[oe]a Turpethum, a plant of Ceylon, Malabar, and Australia, formerly used in medicine as a purgative; -- sometimes called vegetable turpeth.
Turpeth (n.) (Chem.) A heavy yellow powder, Hg3O2SO4, which consists of a basic mercuric sulphate; -- called also turpeth mineral.
Turbid (a.) Not clear; having suspended matter that scatters light passing through; having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; -- used of liquids of any kind; as, turbid water; turbid wine.
On that strong, turbid water, a small boat, Guided by one weak hand, was seen to float. -- Whittier.
Turbid (a.) Disturbed; confused; disordered. " Such turbid intervals that use to attend close prisoners." -- Howell.
Turbid (a.) (Of liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters" [syn: cloudy, muddy, mirky, murky, turbid].
Turbidity (n.) Turbidness.
Turbidity (n.) Muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended [syn: turbidity, turbidness].
Turbidly (adv.) In a turbid manner; with muddiness or confusion.
Turbidly (adv.) Proudly; haughtily. [A Latinism. R.]
One of great merit turbidly resents them. -- Young.
Turbidness (n.) The quality or state of being turbid; muddiness; foulness.
Turbidness (n.) Muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended [syn: turbidity, turbidness].
Turbillion (n.) A whirl; a vortex. -- Spectator.
Turbinaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to peat, or turf; of the nature of peat, or turf; peaty; turfy. -- Sir. W. Scott.
Turbinal (a.) (Anat.) Rolled in a spiral; scroll-like; turbinate; -- applied to the thin, plicated, bony or cartilaginous plates which support the olfactory and mucous membranes of the nasal chambers.
Note: There are usually several of these plates in each nasal chamber. The upper ones, connected directly with the ethmoid bone, are called ethmoturbinals, and the lower, connected with the maxillae, maxillo-turbinals. Incurved portions of the wall of the nasal chamber are sometimes called pseudoturbinals, to distinguish them from the true turbinals which are free outgrowths into the chambers.
Turbinal (n.) (Anat.) A turbinal bone or cartilage.
Turbinal (n.) Any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates [syn: turbinate bone, turbinate, turbinal].
Turbinate (v. i.) To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. [R.]
Turbinate (a.) Alt. of Turbinated.
Turbinated (a.) Whirling in the manner of a top.
A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole. -- Bentley.
Turbinated (a.) (Bot.) Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root.
Turbinated (a.) (Anat.) Turbinal.
Turbinated (a.) (Zool.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.
Turbination (n.) The act of spinning or whirling, as a top.
Turbine (n.) A water wheel, commonly horizontal, variously constructed, but usually having a series of curved floats or buckets, against which the water acts by its impulse or reaction in flowing either outward from a central chamber, inward from an external casing, or from above downward, etc.; -- also called turbine wheel.
Note: In some turbines, the water is supplied to the wheel from below, instead of above. Turbines in which the water flows in a direction parallel to the axis are called parallel-flow turbines.
Turbine (n.) A type of rotary engine with a set of rotating vanes, diagonally inclined and often curved, attached to a central spindle, and obtaining its motive force from the passage of a fluid, as water, steam, combusted gases, or air, over the vanes. Water turbines are frequently used for generating power at hydroelectric power stations, and steam turbines are used for generating power from coal- or oil-fired electric power stations. Turbines are also found in jet engines, and in some automobile engines.
Note: In the 1913 dictionary, the turbine was further decribed thus: "There are practically only two distinct kinds, and they are typified in the de Laval and the Parsons and Curtis turbines. The de Laval turbine is an impulse turbine, in which steam impinges upon revolving blades from a flared nozzle. The flare of the nozzle causes expansion of the steam, and hence changes its pressure energy into kinetic energy. An enormous velocity (30,000 revolutions per minute in the 5 H. P. size) is requisite for high efficiency, and the machine has therefore to be geared down to be of practical use. Some recent development of this type include turbines formed of several de Laval elements compounded as in the ordinary expansion engine. The Parsons turbine is an impulse-and-reaction turbine, usually of the axial type.
The steam is constrained to pass successively through alternate rows of fixed and moving blades, being expanded down to a condenser pressure of about 1 lb. per square inch absolute. The Curtis turbine is somewhat simpler than the Parsons, and consists of elements each of which has at least two rows of moving blades and one row of stationary.
The bucket velocity is lowered by fractional velocity reduction. Both the Parsons and Curtis turbines are suitable for driving dynamos and steamships directly. In efficiency, lightness, and bulk for a given power, they compare favorably with reciprocating engines."
Turbine (n.) Rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate.
Turbinella (n.) (Zool.) A genus of large marine gastropods having a thick heavy shell with conspicuous folds on the columella.
Turbinite (n.) (Paleon.) A petrified shell resembling the genus Turbo. [R.]
Turbinoid (a.) (Zool.) Like or pertaining to Turbo or the family Turbinidae.
Turbit (n.) (Zool.) The turbot.
Turbit (n.) (Zool.) A variety of the domestic pigeon, remarkable for its short beak.
Turbite (n.) (Paleon.) A fossil turbo.
Turbith (n.) See Turpeth.
Compare: Turpeth
Turpeth (n.) [Written also turbeth, and turbith.] (Bot.) The root of Ipom[oe]a Turpethum, a plant of Ceylon, Malabar, and Australia, formerly used in medicine as a purgative; -- sometimes called vegetable turpeth.
Turpeth (n.) (Chem.) A heavy yellow powder, Hg3O2SO4, which consists of a basic mercuric sulphate; -- called also turpeth mineral.
Turbo (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous marine gastropods of the genus Turbo or family Turbinidae, usually having a turbinate shell, pearly on the inside, and a calcareous operculum.
Turbo- (n.) Sontaining or using a turbine; -- a combining form; as, turbojet.
Compare: Trigger
Trigger (n.) [C] （槍砲的）扳機；觸發器；起動裝置；扳柄；閘柄 A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.
Compare: Declivity
Declivity (n. pl. Declivities) 向下的傾斜；下坡Deviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of surface; inclination downward; slope; -- opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the same slope, considered as descending, being a declivity, which, considered as ascending, is an acclivity.
Declivity (n.) A descending surface; a sloping place.
Commodious declivities and channels for the passage of the waters. -- Derham.
Declivity (n.) A downward slope or bend [syn: descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope] [ant: acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade].
Trigger (n.) (Mech.) A piece, as a lever, which is connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it; especially (Firearms), the part of a lock which is moved by the finger to release the cock and discharge the piece.
Trigger fish (Zool.), A large plectognath fish ({Balistes Carolinensis or Balistes capriscus) common on the southern coast of the United States, and valued as a food fish in some localities. Its rough skin is used for scouring and polishing in the place of sandpaper. Called also leather jacket, and turbot.
Trigger (n.) Lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun [syn: gun trigger, trigger].
Trigger (n.) A device that activates or releases or causes something to happen.
Trigger (n.) An act that sets in motion some course of events [syn: trigger, induction, initiation].
Trigger (v.) (v. t.) 扣扳機開（槍）；發射；觸發，引起 [（+off）] (v. i.) 鬆開扳柄（或閘柄等） Put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits" [syn: trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off].
Trigger (v.) Release or pull the trigger on; "Trigger a gun".
Trigger, () An action causing the automatic invocation of a procedure, for instance to preserve referential integrity.
A triggers goes into effect when a user attempts to modify data with an insert, delete, or update command. A trigger can instruct the system to take any number of actions when a specified change is attempted. By preventing incorrect, unauthorized, or inconsistent changes to data, triggers help maintain the integrity of the database.
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Turbot (n.) (Zool.) A large European flounder ({Rhombus maximus) highly esteemed as a food fish. It often weighs from thirty to forty pounds. Its color on the upper side is brownish with small roundish tubercles scattered over the surface. The lower, or blind, side is white. Called also bannock fluke.
Compare: Flounder
Flounder (n.) [C or U] 鮃 A flat sea fish that can be eaten.
Turbot (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of flounders more or less related to the true turbots, as the American plaice, or summer flounder (see Flounder), the halibut, and the diamond flounder ({Hypsopsetta guttulata) of California.
Turbot (n.) (Zool.) The filefish; -- so called in Bermuda.
Turbot (n.) (Zool.) The trigger fish.
Spotted turbot. See Windowpane.
Turbot (n.) Flesh of a large European flatfish.
Turbot (n.) A large brownish European flatfish [syn: turbot, Psetta maxima].
Turbot (n.) （產於歐洲近海海域的）大菱鮃 A fish with a flat body that lives near to the coast in European seas.
Turbulence (n.) The quality or state of being turbulent; a disturbed state; tumult; disorder; agitation. -- Shak.
The years of . . . warfare and turbulence which ensued. -- Southey.
Syn: Agitation; commotion; tumult; tumultuousness; termagance; unruliness; insubordination; rioting.
Turbulence (n.) Unstable flow of a liquid or gas [syn: turbulence, turbulency].
Turbulence (n.) Instability in the atmosphere.
Turbulence (n.) A state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally); "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence" [syn: turbulence, upheaval, Sturm und Drang].
Turbulency (n.) Turbulence.
What a tale of terror now its turbulency tells! -- Poe
Turbulency (n.) Unstable flow of a liquid or gas [syn: turbulence, turbulency].
Turbulent (a.) 騷動的，騷亂的；動蕩的；混亂的；洶湧的；狂暴的；【氣】湍流的 Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; roused to violent commotion; as, the turbulent ocean.
Calm region once, And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent. -- Milton.
Turbulent (a.) Disposed to insubordination and disorder; restless; unquiet; refractory; as, turbulent spirits.
Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit. -- Dryden.
Turbulent (a.) Producing commotion; disturbing; exciting.
Whose heads that turbulent liquor fills with fumes. -- Milton.
Syn: Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; riotous; seditious; insubordinate; refractory; unquiet.
Turbulent (a.) Characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"; "riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly childhood" [syn: disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent].
Turbulent (a.) (Of a liquid) Agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence; "the river's roiling current"; "turbulent rapids" [syn: churning, roiling, roiled, roily, turbulent].
Turbulently (adv.) 洶湧澎湃地 In a turbulent manner.
Turbulently (adv.) In a turbulent manner; with turbulence; "the river rolls turbulently boiling".
Turbulently (adv.) In a stormy or violent manner [syn: stormily, turbulently, passionately].
Turcism (n.) A mode of speech peculiar to the Turks; a Turkish idiom or expression; also, in general, a Turkish mode or custom. Same as Turkism.
Turcomans (n. pl. ) of Turcoman.
Turcoman (n.) A member of a tribe of Turanians inhabiting a region east of the Caspian Sea.
Turcoman (n.) A Turcoman carpet.
Turcoman carpet or Turcoman rug, A kind of carpet or rug supposed to be made by the Turcomans.
Turcoman (n.) A member of a Turkic people living in Turkmenistan and neighboring areas [syn: Turkoman, Turkmen, Turcoman].
Turcoman (n.) The Turkic language spoken by the Turkoman [syn: Turkmen, Turkoman, Turcoman].
Turdiformes (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of singing birds including the thrushes and allied kinds.
Turdus (n.) (Zool.) A genus of singing birds including the true thrushes.
Turdus (n.) Type genus of the Turdidae [syn: Turdus, genus Turdus].
Tureen (n.) A large, deep vessel for holding soup, or other liquid food, at the table. [Written also terreen.]
Tureen (n.) Large deep serving dish with a cover; for serving soups and stews.
Tureenfuls (n. pl. ) of Tureenful.
Tureenful (n.) As much as a tureen can hold; enough to fill a tureen.
Turfs (n. pl. ) of Turf.
Turves (n. pl. ) of Turf.
Turf (n.) That upper stratum of earth and vegetable mold which is filled with the roots of grass and other small plants, so as to adhere and form a kind of mat; sward; sod.
At his head a grass-green turf. -- Shak.
The Greek historian sets her in the field on a high heap of turves. -- Milton.
Turf (n.) Peat, especially when prepared for fuel. See Peat.
Turf (n.) Race course; horse racing; -- preceded by the. "We . . . claim the honors of the turf." -- Cowper.
Note: Turf is often used adjectively, or to form compounds which are generally self-explaining; as, turf ashes, turf cutter or turf-cutter, turf pit or turf-pit, turf-built, turf-clad, turf-covered, etc.
Turf ant (Zool.), A small European ant ({Formica flava"> Turf ant (Zool.), A small European ant ({Formica flava) which makes small ant-hills on heaths and commons.
Turf drain, A drain made with turf or peat.
Turf hedge, A hedge or fence formed with turf and plants of different kinds.
Turf house, A house or shed formed of turf, common in the northern parts of Europe.
Turf moss, A tract of turfy, mossy, or boggy land.
Turf spade, A spade for cutting and digging turf, longer and narrower than the common spade.
Turfed (imp. & p. p.) of Turf.
Turfing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Turf.
Turf (v. t.) To cover with turf or sod; as, to turf a bank, of the border of a terrace. -- A. Tucker.
Turf (n.) Surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots [syn: turf, sod, sward, greensward].
Turf (n.) The territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own.
Turf (n.) Range of jurisdiction or influence; "a bureaucracy...chiefly concerned with turf...and protecting the retirement system".
Turf (v.) Cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots.
Turfen (a.) Made of turf; covered with turf.
Turfiness (n.) Quality or state of being turfy.
Turfing (n.) The act or process of providing or covering with turf.
Turfing iron, Turfing spade, An implement for cutting, and paring off, turf.
Turfite (n.) A votary of the turf, or race course; hence, sometimes, a blackleg. [Colloq.] -- Thackeray.
Turfless (a.) Destitute of turf.
Turfmen (n. pl. ) of Turfman.
Turfman (n.) A turfite; a votary of the turf, or race course. [Colloq.]
Turfy (a.) Abounding with turf; made of, or covered with, turf. "The turfy mountains." -- Shak.
Turfy (a.) Having the nature or appearance of turf.
Turfy (a.) Of or pertaining to the turf, or horse racing.
Turgent (a.) Rising into a tumor, or a puffy state; swelling; tumid; as, turgent humors.
Turgent (a.) Inflated; bombastic; turgid; pompous.
Recompensed with turgent titles. -- Burton.
Turgesced (imp. & p. p.) of Turgesce.