turtling

[TURTLE, v.] The act of hunting for or catching turtles. *tür-tür, s . [Lat.] *1. Ord . Lang .: A turtle-dove. "A peyre of turturis or tweie culver briddis."- Wycliffe : Luke ii. 2. Ornith .: A genus of Columbide, with twenty four species, from the Pale arctic, Ethiopian, and Oriental regions, and Austro-Malaya. Bill rather IMG:content-1586.png:[blocks in formation] tür-war, s. [Native name.] A tanning bark obtained in India from Ca ia auriculata. Tus-can, a . & s. [Lat. Tuscanus ; Ital. Toscano ; Fr. Toscan .] A. As adj.: Of or pertaining to Tuscany in Italy. B. As substantive: 1. Ord. Lang.: A native or inhabitant of Tuscany. 2. Arch.: The Tuscan order of architecture. Tuscan style of Architecture , Tuscan order : A style of architecture which originated in the north of Italy, on the first revival of the arts in the free cities, and beyond which it has never yet traveled, except in some examples which were introduced by Inigo Jones in the first church of St Paul, Covent Garden, and by Sir Christopher Wren in porticoes at St. Paul's Cathedral. It is a simpler variety of the Doric (q. v.), with unfluted columns and without triglyphs. Tuscan-shrew, s . Zool.: Crocidura etrusca , the smallest living mammal, me as Tuscan. uring from the snout to the tip of the tail rather le than three inches. Fur ashy-red above, light ash-colored beneath, tail clothed with short hairs, with rings of longer white hairs; ears moderate, projecting from the fur. Found in the extreme south of Europe, from France to the Black Sea, and in the north of Africa. tus-cor, s . [TUSK.) A tusk or tush of a horse. tush, *twish, interj . [From the sound.] An exclamation indicating rebuke, contempt, or impatience; pshaw! pish! "Tush, say they, how should God perceive it? is there knowledge in the Most High?"- Psalm lxxiii, 11. tush, s. [A softened form of tusk (q. v.).] A long pointed tooth; a tusk; applied especially to certain of the teeth of horses. IMG:content-1587.png:[blocks in formation] *tusk, v. i. [TUSK (1), s.] To gnash the teeth as a boar; to show the tusks. "Nay, now you puffe, tusk, and draw up your chin, Twirle the poore chain you run a feasting in." Ben Jonson: Epigram 107. tus-kar, s. [A corrupt. of Icel. torfskéri , from torf =turf, and sker a to cut.) An iron instrument with a wooden handle, used for cutting peats. (Scotch.) tŭsked, a . [Eng. tusk (1), s.; -ed.] 1. Ord. Lang.: Furnished with tusks. "The tusked boar out of the wood Upturns it by the roots." Milton: Psalm 1xxx. 2. Her.: Having tusks of such or such a tincture. (Said of boars, elephants, .) IMG:content-1588.png:[blocks in formation] tus-ser, tŭs-söre, tŭs'-seh, s . [Native Indian name.] The silk spun by the Tu er Silkworm (q. v.). The centers of the traffic are in Bengal, the Central Provinces, Berar, and the Nizam's country. There are generally two crops of the insect during the year. The cocoons are purchased in May and June by the rearers from those who have collected them from the jungle; the female cocoons are the larger. They are almost perfectly smooth, of a gray color, with darker veins acro the outer surface. When mature, the largest are about two inches long by one and a quarter broad, those of average size about an inch and a half long. The inner layer of the fiber is quite loose, forming a soft cushion for the insect within. The silk, when obtained, has a glo y or vitreous look. It is now manufactured in Europe as well as in India, being largely used for cloaks and mantles designed for winter wear. No kind of silk so closely imitates seal-skin or is so durable. It is used in the manufacture of Utrecht velvet, and has the rigidity requisite to render it a valuable material for carpets. ( Calcutta Exhib . Report .) tu er-silkworm, s. Entom.: An there a mylitta, a common Indian silkworm, which yields a rather coarse-looking, but very durable silk. It is wild throughout the low hills of the central tableland of India, being absent from the Himalaya mountains and from the alluvial plains. It feeds on many shrubs and trees.