Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TUN'NEL-PIT, n.

A shaft sunk from the top of the ground to the level of an intended tunnel, for drawing up the earth and stones.

TUN'NING, ppr.

Putting into casks.

TUN'NY, n. [It. tonno; Fr. thon; G. thunfisch; L. thynnus.]

A fish of the genus Scomber, the Spanish mackerel. The largest weigh upward of four hundred pounds. Cyc.

TUP, n.

A ram. [Local.]

TUP, v.t. [Gr. τυπτω.]

1. To butt, as ram. [Local.]
2. To cover, as a ram. [Local.]

TU'PE-LO, n.

A tree of the genus Nyssa. Drayton. Mease.

TUP'-MAN, n.

A man who deals in tups. [Local.]

TUR'BAN, n. [Ar.]

1. A head dress worn by the Orientals, consisting of a cap, and a sash of fine linen or taffeta artfully wound round it in plaits. The cap is red or green, roundish on the top, and quilted with cotton. The sash of the Turks is white linen; that of the Persians is red woolen. Cyc.
2. In conchology, the whole set of whirls of a shell. Cyc.

TUR'BAN-CROWN-ED, a.

Crowned with a turban. West. Rev.

TUR'BAN-ED, a.

Wearing a turban; as, a turbaned Turk. Shak.

TUR'BAN-SHELL, n.

In natural history, the popular name of a genus of shells, or rather of sea urchins, (echinodermata,) of a hemispheric or spheroidal shape, the Cidaris of Klein.

TUR'BAN-TOP, n.

A plant of the genus Helvella; a kind of fungus or mushroom. Cyc.

TUR'BA-RY, n. [from turf; Latinized, turbaria.]

1. In law, a right of digging turf on another man's land. Common of turbary, is the liberty which a tenant enjoys of digging turf on the lord's waste.
2. The place where turf is dug. Cowel.

TUR'BID, a. [L. turbidus, from turbo, to disturb, that is, to stir, to turn.]

Properly, having the lees disturbed; but in a more general sense, muddy; foul with extraneous matter; thick, not clear; used of liquids of any kind; as, turbid water; turbid wine. Streams running on clay generally appear to be turbid. This is often the case with the river Seine.

TUR'BID-LY, adv.

Proudly; haughtily; a Latinism. [Not in use.] Young.

TUR'BID-NESS, n.

Muddiness; foulness.

TUR'BILL-ION, n. [Fr. tourbillon.]

A whirl; a vortex. Spectator.

TUR'BIN-ATE, or TUR'BIN-A-TED, a. [L. turbinatus, formed like a top, from turbo, turben, a top.]

1. In conchology, spiral, or wreathed conically from a larger base to a kind of apex; as, turbinated shells. Cyc.
2. In botany, shaped like a top or cone inverted; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated germ, nectare or pericarp. Lee.
3. Whirling. [Little used.]

TUR-BI-NA'TION, n.

The act of spinning or whirling, as a top.

TUR'BIN-ITE, or TUR'BITE, n.

A petrified shell of the turbo kind. Cyc. Kirwan.

TUR'BIT, n.

1. A variety of the domestic pigeon, remarkable for its short beak; called by the Dutch kort-bek, short beak. Cyc. Ed. Encyc.
2. The turbot. Cyc.

TUR'BITH, n.

An incorrect spelling of Turpeth, – which see.

TUR'BOT, n. [Fr.]

A fish of the genus Pleuronectes, [fishes which swim on the side.] it grows to the weight of twenty or thirty pounds, and is much esteemed by epicures.

TUR'BU-LENCE, or TUR'BU-LEN-CY, n. [See Turbulent.]

1. A disturbed state; tumult; confusion; as, the turbulence of the times; turbulence in political affairs.
2. Disorder or tumult of the passions; as, turbulence of mind. Dryden.
3. Agitation; tumultuousness; as, turbulence of blood. Swift.
4. Disposition to resist authority; insubordination; as, the turbulence of subjects.

TUR'BU-LENT, a. [L. turbulentus, from turbo, to disturb.]

1. Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; being in violent commotion; as, the turbulent ocean. Calm region once, / And full of peace, now tost and turbulent. Milton. The turbulent mirth of wine. Dryden.
2. Restless; unquiet; refractory; disposed to insubordination and disorder; as, turbulent spirits.
3. Producing commotion. Whose heads that turbulent liquor fills with fumes. Milton.