tournette

[Fr.] 1. An instrument for spinning. 2. An instrument used by potters in shaping and painting delf and porcelain ware. tour-ney, *tour-naye, *tur-ney, subst . [O. Fr. tornoi, tornei , tournay .] A tournament (q. v.). tour-ney, v . i . [O. Fr. tournoier .] [TOURNEY, subst.] To tilt; to engage in a tournament. "But first was question made, which of those knights That lately turneyd had the wager wonne." tour-ni-quět (quas k), s. to turn.] Surg .: An instrument for compre ing an artery in amputations. The invention of Morelli, 1674, modified by other distinguished surgeons. Also used in compre ing aneurisms and tumors. Hydraulic tourniquet : The same as Barker's Mill . [MILL, 8.] Spenser: F. Q., IV. v. 7. [Fr., from tourner = *tour-no is (no is as nwâ), adj . [Fr., so called from being coined at Tours.] An epithet used only in the compound term livre tour no is , a French money of account under the old régime , worth about 20 cents. *tôur'-nure, s. [Fr., from tourner =to turn.] 1. Turn, contour, figure, shape. 2. A stiff, padded bandage worn by women fastened round the loins to expand the skirt; a bustle. touse, *tos-en, *toose, *towze, v. t . & i. [Cf. Low Ger. tuseln ; Ger.zausen =to touse.] IMG:content-1271.jpg:[blocks in formation] "As a bear, whom angry curs have toused." Spenser: F. Q., II. xi. 33. B. In trans.: To pull, to tear. "She... strikes, turns, touses, spurns, and sprauls." Drayton: Polyolbion, s. 7.