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Turnstone. (t*.rn'ston)=StrensiUs interpret: 

 n binl belonging to Charadriadm. 



Turn-table. A pin- 

 form, capable of 

 revolving hori- "^ 

 zon tally: used on mm ^^M 

 railways to turn 

 engines, Aw., 

 round. 



Turpentine, <t^ 

 pen-tlnX [7Vro*B> 

 tttint. the French Tvm-uua. 



word.] A rcainout substance obtained from 

 pine trees. CAian T. : from PUtacia luutiacua. 

 Otl of 7*. = i'|ollie: a volatile very inflam- 

 mable liquid: obtained from tuptjfttine, T. 

 lrer=Pistacia terebinthua. ai<* T.: from 



fclllll, (tfrTwls). (The French name.] 

 A mineral, chiefly hydrated phosphate of 



aluminum and oxide of copper. Occidental 



T.-Bont r=Odontolite: bone coloured by 



phtMphate of iron. Oruaf <i I T. - ifiutral f. 

 Turrilitee, (tur'ri-liUX (L. Urru, tower.) 



A family oioaphalupod tuolltuowu animals. 

 "!* Hells (tur-ri-tel'la). (L. (HITU. tower.] 



A gatteropod molluacoiu animal. 

 Turtle, (trr^tl) = Teatado. f.v. Or* T.s 



Chvlorie mydas = 



Cbeloaia Ttmiu 



llatfk't Ml T.- 



CheloM imbricata. 



Mud 7*.=Trion 



lydra 



onyx ferox. Voitl* 



Turtle-dore^Colamba t nrtur=Turtnraorilna 

 Tuscan, (tus'kanX (Tiu- 

 oany.) T. order: the 

 least ornate of the orders 

 of architecture, v. Orders. 

 Tuaks, (tuk). [Tux-. th 

 A.-S. word.) Elongautl 

 conical teeth, often pro- 

 truding: in elephant, nar- 

 whal, dngong, 4e. = In- 

 cison : in boar, walrun, 

 hip|ionotamus, Ac. = Ca- 

 uinus. : 



TMdkM, (tuei-la go). [L. ru*u. cough.] 

 Colte-fo* : an herb belonging to 



Uctnal a 



named from its mtxlici 

 linuah tobacco. 

 Tutsan, (tut **n)= Hyperieuin andn 

 a plant belonging to IlyperkMMB. 



T. /or/am. 



Tuttle's eom^ StTi? orbit identkal with 



that of August meteorm. 

 Ttui=Alurites triloba: a plant 

 Tuyere (toyir). (The French word.) The 



opening of a pipe by which air is admitted 



into a blast furnace. 

 Tway-bladesListera, .. 

 Twilight, (twflft). frajjBlgglf the 



d following ranee*, 

 time that the ana is lees than 

 18* below the horiaon. 



Twin, r.er^to^: two crystals ao joined that 

 . -. :- : .- , . .x ...... 



onld come into the space ocevpied by the 

 other. T.irmfUHt* Didymograpsas. 

 TwiaasGemini, o.v. 



TUJJI. (tTkdX (Tycho Brahe ] An enclosed 

 crater in the Moon, about 50 mile* in dia* 

 by mountains, MOMS 



of the ear u attached. 



Urum of the ear : 

 separating the external opening of the ear 

 from ts ape*!* < tarterntJ mechanism. 



Type-mttaL An alloy of lead, antimony, and 



tin. 

 Typha, (ti'fa). (TyjAot, the Greek name.) 



CatVtail: an herb, the tjrj* of Typhacesa, 



, 

 ruh: marmh herbs, with long narrow leares, 



:. 



Typhoid, (U'foidX (Typhua, o..: Gk. ride*. 



f.Tra.) A phase of disease somewhat mam, 



Ming typhus fever. 

 Typhoons, (U foonA [L. fvpaen, whirlwind) 



Hurricane-like storms, in Indian and Chinese 



Tyjhua, (ti'ftui). fOk. lypkot, sntoke.) A 

 febrile variety of disease; very contagions. 



U. 



Ugric=Uprian: tribe* of the great Asiatic 

 table land: also called Finno-Turkic. 



Ulcer, (nl'str). [Ulau, the Latin word.) A 

 "ore discharging puc 



Ulex, (uleks) = Furze-whin, Gorze, &c. : a 

 thorny shrub, with yellow flowers, boJongi 

 ing to Fabaoem. 



Ullmannite, (ul'man-nTt). A mineral, con- 

 taining antimony, nickel, and sulphur. 



TTlmacesB, (ul-mase-). (Ulmns, Q.v.]=Elm- 

 worU: shrubs and trees, with apetalous 

 flowers, belonging to Rhaiunalea. 



Ulmie acid, (nl'mik). [Ulmns, 9.v.]=C^H, 4 

 O: a brittle, brown substance obtainedftom 

 decaying wood; ahn called Homna. 



Ulmin, (ui'min). (Ulmos, o..J=Ulmic acid. 



Uimus, (nl'muB). (The Latin name.] =1 Kim: 

 a tree, the timber of which is very durable, 

 thetypeof Ulmacee. 2.=Uiunus: decaying 



Ulna, (ulna). fGk. olene, elbow. ]= El how: 

 larger bone of the fore-arm; corresiionda to 

 the fibula of the leg. 



