English English Dictionary

of Turbary

A right of digging turf on another man's land; also, the ground where turf is dug.

An extensive group of worms which have the body covered externally with vibrating cilia. It includes the Rhabdoc/la and Dendroc/la. Formerly, the nemerteans were also included in this group.

One of the Turbellaria. Also used adjectively.

See Turpeth.

Having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear; -- used of liquids of any kind; as, turbid water; turbid wine.

Disturbed; confused; disordered.

Turbidness.

In a turbid manner; with muddiness or confusion.

Proudly; haughtily.

The quality or state of being turbid; muddiness; foulness.

A whirl; a vortex.

Of or pertaining to peat, or turf; of the nature of peat, or turf; peaty; turfy.

Rolled in a spiral; scroll-like; turbinate; -- applied to the thin, plicated, bony or cartilaginous plates which support the olfactory and mucous membranes of the nasal chambers.

A turbinal bone or cartilage.

To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl.

Alt. of Turbinated

Whirling in the manner of a top.

Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root.

Turbinal.