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The same as TURKEY-STONE (q. v.). Turkey-sponge, s . Zool.: Euspongia officinal is. [SPONGE, S., II. 5.] Turkey-stone, s. Geol .: Novaculite (q. v.). Called also Whetstone slate, or Whets late. turkey-vulture, s. The same as TURKEY-BUZ ZARD (q. v.). *Turkey-wheat, s. Maize or Indian corn. "We saw a great many fields of Indian corn, which goes by the name of turkey - wheat ."- Smollett : France and Italy , let. viii. KEN.] To twist, to alter. *tür-kis, v. t. [O. Fr. torquer =to twist.] [TUR "He taketh the same sentence out of Esay (somewhat turkised ) for his poesie as well as the rest." - Bancroft. Survey of Pretended Holy Discipline, p. 6. Türk'-ish, a . & 8. [Eng. Turk ; -ish.] A. As adj .: Of or pertaining to Turkey or the Turks. B. As subst. The language spoken by the Turks, the Osmanli. ture varying from 116° to 165°. The patient may Turkish-bath, s. A hot air bath, the tempera remain in the calidarium from forty minutes to an hour. The bath must be taken before a meal, when the stomach is empty, and should be avoided altogether when fatty degeneration of the heart or ve els, or when tendencies toward vertigo or syncope exist. A Turkish bath clears the pores of the skin, rendering the latter healthy, induces free perspiration, eliminates noxious matters from Bot .: The berries of various species of Rhamnus, the blood, increases the force and rapidity of the used for dyeing. [AVIGNON-BERRY.] IMG:content-1561.png:[blocks in formation] Bot.: Cordia collococca , a tree about thirty feet minuria, neuralgia, . The first Turkish bath in high, with green flowers, growing in Jamaica. fate, fat, färe, amidst, what, fall, they were exterminated about A. D. 1372. REN, 4.] horse. *türm, subst . [TURMA.] A troop or company of "Legions and cohorts, turms of horse and wings." Milton: P. R. , iv. 66. tur-mą, s. [Lat.] Roman Antiq .: A company of cavalry, consisting at first of thirty, afterward of thirty-twomen Each turm a was divided into three decurise. tûr-ma-lîn, s. [TOURMALINE.] *tur-men-tille, s. [TORMENTIL.] tur'-ment-ise, s . [TORMENTISE.]