Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TUR'BU-LENT-LY, adv.

Tumultuously; with violent agitation; with refractoriness.

TUR'CISM, n.

The religion of the Turks.

TU-REEN, n. [Fr. terrine.]

A vessel for holding soup.

TURF, n. [Sax. tyrf; D. turf; G. and Sw. torf; Fr. tourbe; Ir. tarp, a clod. The word seems to signify a collection, a mass, or perhaps an excrescence.]

1. That upper stratum of earth and vegetable mold, which is filled with the roots of grass and other small plants, so as to adhere and form a kind of mat. This is otherwise called sward and sod.
2. Peat; a peculiar kind of blackish, fibrous, vegetable, earthy substance, used as fuel. [Dryden and Addison wrote turfs, in the plural. But when turf or peat is cut into small pieces, the practice now is to call them turves.]
3. Race ground; or horse-racing. The honors of the turf are all our own. Cowper.

TURF, v.t.

To cover with turf or sod; as, to turf a bank or the border of a terrace.

TURF'-CLAD, a.

Covered with turf.

TURF'-COV-ER-ED, a.

Covered with turf. Tooke.

TURF'-DRAIN, n.

A drain filled with turf or peat. Cyc.

TURF'ED, pp.

Covered with turf or green sod.

TURF'EN, a.

Made of turf; covered with turf.

TURF'-HEDGE, n.

A hedge or fence formed with turf and plants of different kinds. Cyc.

TURF'-HOUSE, n.

A house or shed formed of turf, common in the northern parts of Europe. Cyc. Tooke.

TURF'I-NESS, n. [from turfy.]

The state of abounding with turf, or of having the consistence or qualities of turf.

TURF'ING, n.

The operation of laying down turf, or covering with turf.

TURF'ING, ppr.

Covering with turf.

TURF'ING-I-RON, n.

An implement for paring off turf.

TURF'ING-SPADE, n.

An instrument for under-cutting turf, when marked out by the plow. Cyc.

TURF'-MOSS, n.

A tract of turfy, mossy, or boggy land. Cyc.

TURF'-SPADE, n.

A spade for cutting and digging turf, longer and narrower than the common spade. Cyc.

TURF'Y, a.

1. Abounding with turf.
2. Having the qualities of turf.

TUR'GENT, a. [L. turgens, from turgeo, to swell.]

Swelling; tumid; rising into a tumor or puffy state; as, when the humors are turgent. Gov. of the Tongue.

TUR-GES'CENCE, or TUR-GES'CEN-CY, n. [L. turgescens.]

1. The act of swelling.
2. The state of being swelled. Brown.
3. Empty pompousness; inflation; bombast.

TUR'GID, a. [L. turgidus, from turgeo, to swell.]

1. Swelled; bloated; distended beyond its natural state by some internal agent or expansive force. A bladder held by the fire grew turgid. Boyle. More generally, the word is applied to an enlarged part of the body; as, a turgid limb.
2. Tumid; pompous; inflated; bombastic; as, a turgid style; a turgid manner of talking. Watts.

TUR-GID'I-TY, n.

State of being swelled; tumidness.

TUR'GID-LY, adv.

With swelling or empty pomp.