turmeric (term erik)

[Formerly also tur merick (NL, turmeric a, Minsheu); cf. F. terre - mé rite (NL. terra merit a ), turmeric (as if turmoil (ter'moil), v. [Formerly also turmoyle; prob. from an OF. verb connected with OF. tre mouille, also trameul, also tremoie, tremuye, tre mie, the hopper of a mill, A ship vnto a certaine haven bent, Turmoilde in Neptunes watry element. Times' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 143. In his time Island was turmoiled with many fierce mutinies. Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 571. Quentin resorted to a solitary walk,. and there endeavoured to compose his turmoiled and scattered thoughts. Scott , Quentin Durward, v. II.t in trans. To labor amid trouble, worriment, or vexation; be disquieted or in trouble; worry. I was once in examination before five or six bishops, where I had much turmoiling . Latimer, Misc. Sel. Some notable Sophister lies sweating and turmoyling under the inevitable and mercile e dilemma's of So crates. Milton , Apology for Smectymnuus.