Turbo (terbo)

[NL., IMG:content-1077.jpg:[graphic] restricted to spe cies with a regu larly turbinated shell, rounded aperture, smooth beveled columellar lip, and a cal careous operculum with a central or subcentral nucleus. Some at tain considerable size, and when polished show beautiful colors, as green, red, and pearly-white, the last highly iridescent Wreath-shell ( Turbo marm or at us). with nacreous luster. Various species, as T. sarmaticus and T. marm or at us, are common parlor-ornaments. See sea - bean, 3, and cut under operculum. 2. [l. c.] A shell of this genus. turbot (ter'bot), n. [Early mod. E. also turbet, turbit, turbutte, etc.; IMG:content-1078.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-1079.jpg:[graphic][merged small][merged small] 'T has been a turbulent and stormy night. Shak., Pericles, iii. 2. 4. 2. Restle ; unquiet; refractory; disposed to insubordination and disorder; hence, violent; tumultuous; riotous; disorderly. It were happy for Government if these turbulent spirits Stilling fleet , Sermons, I. vii. The Sylviidæ , which form an extensive group, are alter- nately included in and excluded from it; and the same is true of five or six other nominal families of le extent, as Saxicolidæ, Cinclidæ , Pycnonotidæ, Mimidæ , Troglodytidæ , some of the Timeliidæ , etc. The most typical Turdidæ are characterized by the combination of notched grypaniform bill, booted tarsi, ten primaries of which the first is short or spurious, and the spotted coloration of the young birds. Such Turdidæ constitute a subfamily, Turdinæ , to which the family name is sometimes restricted. True Turdidæ abound in the Pale arctic, Ethiopian, Nearctic, and Neo- tropical regions. Some of them are among the most fa- miliar of birds, as the fieldfare and blackbird of Great Brit- ain, and the robin and wood-thrush of the United States. See Turdus and thrush1 . That benched was on turves fre he ygrave, I bad men sholde me my couche make. turd i form (ter'di-fôrm), a. [ turd i form is , turd us , a thrush, + form a , form.] Thrush- like; resembling or related to a thrush; belong- ing to the Turd i formes ; turdoid; cichlomorphic. Turd i formes (ter-di-fôr'mēz), n . pl . [NL.: see turd i form .] The thrushes and thrush-like birds; the turdoid Pa eres ; the Cichlomorphæ . Turdinæ (ter-di'nē), n . pl . [NL., Turdus + -inæ.] The leading subfamily of Turdidæ , rep- resented by the genus Turdus and its near al- lies, and equivalent to the family Turdidæ in a restricted sense; the true thrushes, often called Merulinæ . See Turdidæ , Turdus , and thrush1 . turdine (ter'din), a. [ Turdus + -ine1.] Thrush-like in a strict sense; of or belonging to the Turdinæ . turdoid (ter'doid), a . [L. turd us , a thrush, + Gr. εἶδος , form.] Thrush-like in a broad sense; turd i form or cichlomorphic: especially used in the phrase turdoid Pa eres , applied by Wallace to such birds in distinction from sturnoid , tana of Europe, Lasius flavus , which makes its hills groid , and formicarioid Pa eres . Turdulus (ter'dū-lus), n . [NL. (Hodgson, 1844), dim. of Turdus , q. v.] A genus of Oriental ground-thrushes, containing such as the Indian T. ward i , now usually referred to Geocichla . Turdus (ter'dus), n. [NL. (Linnæus, taken as of 1758), turd us , a thrush, fieldfare: see thrush1.] A genus of thrushes. It formerly in. cluded any of the Turdidæ and various other birds sup- posed to be thrush-like; later it was variously restricted, and it is now usually confined to species like the Euro- IMG:content-1080.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1081.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1082.png:[blocks in formation] fieldfare ( T. pilar is ), and redwing ( T. iliacus ). In these the sexes are similar, the throat is not streaked, and the gen- eral color is not black. (See cuts under fieldfare , mistle- thrush , and thrush1 .) In the narrowest sense, the genus is coincident with the family in geographical range, being represented in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. The blackish or dark thrushes, such as the common black- bird or ouzel of Europe, T. merula , and the ring-ouzel, T. torquatus , represent an extensive group, either kept in Turdus proper or separated under the name of Merula . (See cuts under ouzel and blackbird .) The common robin named Hylocichla , as the wood-thrush, T. (H.) musteli mit -thrush); the tawny or Wilson's thrush, or veery, T. nus ; the hermit-thrush, T. ( H. ) pallasi (see cut under her- (H.) fuscescens (see cut under veery ); the olive-backed or Swains on's thrush, T. ( H. ) swains on i ; the gray-cheeked or Alice's thrush, T. ( H. ) aliciæ ; all of which are common woodland songsters of United States. The varied T : nævius , represents a section Hesperocichla , or is taken out of the genus and called Geocichla nævia. See Tur- [NL., 'solitary thrush': L. turd us , thrush; sol- itarius , solitary.] A constellation introduced and encroaching on the southern scale of Libra. It is no longer used. tureen (tu-ren'), n . more prop. terrine , terrine , an earthen ves- sel: see terrine . The spelling tureen seems to have arisen in cook-books. There is a story that Marshal Turenne once used his helmet as a soup-dish, and thus gave a name to the dish. This is a mere fiction.] A deep dish with a cover, for holding liquids at table; especially, such a ve el, holding a gallon or more, intended for turf (terf), n.; pl. turfs (tèrfs), obsolescent turres (tervz). [ turf , torf (pl. turves , torves ), turf (dat. and pl. tyrf ) = OFries. turf = MD. torf , turf , D. turf = MLG. LG. torf = OHG. zurba, zurf , G. dial. turbe (G. torf , torfa , f., torf , n., = Sw. torf = Dan. törv (cf. F. tour be, Sp. Pg. turba , It. torba, ML. turba , Teut.), turf; cf. Skt. darbha , a kind of gra .] 1. The surface or sward of gra -land, consist- ing of earth or mold filled with the roots of gra and other small plants, so as to adhere and form a kind of mat; earth covered with gra . The shepherd that complain'd of love, Who you saw sitting by me on the turf . Shak., As you Like it, iii. 4. 52. 2. A piece of such earth or mold dug or torn from the ground; a sod. IMG:content-1083.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] turfy (ter'fi), a . [ Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep. Shak., Tempest, iv. 1. 62. Can you see many long weeds and nettles among the graves, or do they look turfy and flowery? Charlotte Brontë , Shirley, xxiil. Puffie, inflate, turgidous , and ventosity are come up. B. Jonson, Poetaster, v. 1. turfy A turfy slope surrounded with groves. B. Taylor , Northern Travel, p. 390. 2. Of or connected with the turf or race ground; characteristic of the turf or of horse racing; sporting. Mr. Bailey asked it again, because - accompanied with a straddling action of the white cords, a bend of the knees, and a striking forth of the top-boots-it was an easy, horse fleshy, turfy sort of thing to do. Dickens , Martin Chuzzlewit, xxvi. turgent (tér'jent), a. [ turgent , gen ( t- ) s , ppr. of turgere , swell. Cf. turgid .] 1. Swelling; tumid; rising into a tumor; puffy. The turgent trunke let scarifie, That humour effluent oute of it hie. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 125. 2t. Tumid; turgid; inflated; pompous; bom bastic. All honour, offices, applause, grand titles, and turgent epithets are put upon him. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 212.