TURBAN

The usual head-dre of the Turks. Persians, and most other eastern nations. It varies in form in different nations, and in different cla es of the same nation. It consists of two parts: a quilted cap, without brim, fitted to the head, and a sash, scarf, or shawl, usually of cotton or linen, artfully wound about the cap, and sometimes hanging down the neck. The Grand Signior's turban contains three heron's feathers, and is ornamented with diamonds. TURBO. i'LAt. turhOy a whirling.) The name of a Linnajan genus of the Vermes rei^-^cea, characterized by having a shell of a regular turbinated form, with an entire and rounded mouth. The species grouped together by this specific character form a family of Pectin i branchiate Gastropods in the system of Cuvier, which is subdivided into the genera Turbo proper, Cuv.; Delph inula, Lam,; Pleurotoma, Defrance; Sci urella, DOrb; To rna tell a, Lam.; Scalar i a, Lam.; Ci/clostoma, Lam. j Valvata, Miill.; Littorina, Feru ac, . [s. 1283]