turmeric tree (termeriktre)

A rutaceous tree, A crony chia Baueri, of southeastern Australia. It is a moderate-sized tree with a hard, close grained, and strong yellow wood, and a bright-yellow inner bark used for dyeing. IMG:content-1093.png:[blocks in formation] From forehead down to foot perfect-again From foot to forehead exquisitely turn'd . Tennyson, Lance lot and Elaine. 3. To adapt; make suitable, fit, or proper. However improper he might have been for studies of a higher nature, he was perfectly well turned for the occupations of trade and commerce. Add is on, Spectator, No. 108. A man who is not turned for mirthful meetings of men, or a emblies of the fair sex. Steele , Spectator, No. 49. My self not trying, or not turn'd to please, May lay the Line, and measure out the Ways. Congreve, Of Pleasing. 4. To cause to revolve about an axis, or to move round on or as on a center; cause to rotate: as, to turn a crank. She would have made Hercules have turned spit. Shak., Much Ado, ii. 1. 261.