turgite

[After the Turginsk copper-mine, near Bogoslovsk, Urals, where first observed; suff. -ite ( Min.).] Min.: A common iron ore frequently mistaken for limonite, to which it bears a strong resemblance. Occurs in fibrous ma es, sometimes botryoidal and stalactitic, also earthy. Hardne , 5-6; specific gravity varying according to texture, but ranging between 3.56 and 4.681; luster, sub metallic and satiny when seen at right angles to the fibres, also dull in the earthy varieties; color, reddish-black to dark-red; streak, red; opaque. Composition: Sesquioxide of iron, 94.7, water, 5'3=100, which yields the formula 2Fe2O3, H2O. Found frequently a ociated with limonite, but is easily to be dist in guished by the color of its streak. Tû-rin', s . [Lat. Torino .] Geog.: A city of northern Italy, capital of Piedmont, and the former kingdom of Sardinia, which developed into that of Italy. Turin-nut, s . IMG:content-1559.png:[blocks in formation] * To turn Turk : To undergo a complete change a species with yellow flowers. for the worse. "If the rest of my fortunes turn Turk with me." Shakesp.: Hamlet, iii. 2. Turk's cap, Turk's cap lily, s . Bot. & Hort .: (1) Me loc act us communis ; (2) Lil . ium martagon [MARTAGON]; (3) Aconitum napel lus. [ACONITE.] Turk's head, s . 1. Bot .: Me loc act us communis . 2. Naut .: An ornamental knot, like a turban, worked on to a rope. 3. A long broom for sweeping ceilings, . "He saw a great Turk's head poked up at his own."Lytton: My Novel , bk. x., ch. xx. *Turk's turban, s. Bot .: A plant of the genus Ranunculus. (Good rich.) *türk'-en, v . t. [O. Fr. torquer =to twist; tor . cenouse =violent; Lat. torqueo =to twist.] To turn or twist about. "They are not either articles of his own lately devised, or the old newly turkened ." -Rogers: On Thirty-nine Articles, p. 24. turkey-buzzard, turkey-vulture, s. Ornith.: Rhinogryphus (+ Cathartes ) aura . [RHINOGRYPHUS.] Like the other Vultures, they feed on carrion, but their habits vary somewhat with locality; in the southern United States they act as scavengers in the towns, in Guatemala and through out South America they are not seen in flocks, but occur in pairs only in the forests. "The popular name of Turkey - buzzard is given to the bird on account of its resemblance to the common turkey, and many a new comer has found himself an object of derision because he has shot an Aura Vulture, taking it for a turkey." -J. G. Wood: Explan . Index to Water ton's Wanderings. Turkey-carpet, s. A carpet formed of a chain and weft of strong linen yarh and tufts of worsted tied into the fabric in the course of manufacture. turkey-cock, *turkie-cock, *turky-cocke, s . 1. Lit. & Ornith .: A male turkey. and pride. 2. Fig .: Used as representative of foolish vanity "Here he comes, swelling like a turkey - cock ." Shakesp.: Henry V., v. 1.