tourmalin-granite 
genrrallv Mack tourmalin or schorl. Such gran- 
ites are very common in various tin-producing districts, 
and especially in Cornwall. See schorl and schorlaeeous. 
tournt, '' An obsolete form of turn. 
tournt (torn), w. [An obsolete form of turn.] 
1. In Eng. law, the turn or circuit formerly 
made by a sheriff twice every year for the pur- 
pose of holding in each hundred the great eourt- 
leet of the county. The tourn long ago fell into 
disuse. 
Misbelief and apostasy were indeed subjects of inquest 
at the sheriff's tnurn, and the punishment of "inescreanntz 
apertement atteyntz " was burning. 
Stulibs, Const. Hist., 404. 
2. A spinning-wheel. HaUiwell. 
tournament (tor'- or ter'na-ment), n. [For- 
merly also turnament; < WE" turnemeiit, tourne- 
inenf, tornement, < OF. *tourneiement, tournoye- 
ment, tornoicment (It. torneamento, ML. tornea- 
mentum, tornamentmn), a tournament, < *tour- 
iieier, tournoier, just, tilt, tourney: see tourney, 
c.] 1. A tourney. See tourney &ntljust 2 . 
After mete was the quyntayne reysed, and ther at bourd- 
ed the yonge bachelers ; and after they be-gonne a turne- 
f,fnii; and departed hem in two partyes. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), il. MS. 
In Tilts and Turnamettfs the Valiant strove 
By glorious Deeds to purchase Emma's Love. 
Prior, Henry and Emma. 
Tournament* and jousts differed from one another prin- 
cipally in the circumstance that in the first several combat- 
ants on each side were engaged at once, and in the second 
the contention was between two combatants only. The 
former consisted of the mutual charges of equal troops of 
cavalry, while the latter consisted of a duel on horseback. 
Encyc. Brit., XXIII. 489. 
2. Iii later times, a contest of skill in which 
men on horseback riding at full speed strove 
to carry off on their spears a certain number 
of rings hung just over their heads. 3. En- 
counter; shock of battle. [Rare.] 
With cruel tournament the squadrons join ; 
Where cattle pastured late, now scatter'd lies 
With carcasses and arms the ensanguin'd field. 
Milton, P. L., xi. 052. 
4. Any contest of skill in which a number of 
persons take part: as, a chess tournament. 
tournasin (tor'na-sin), n. In pottery-manuf., 
a knife used for the removal of superfluous 
slip from baked ware which has been orna- 
mented by the blowing-pot. E. H. Knight. 
tournay (tor'na), n. [So called from fournai, 
Tournay, a town in Belgium.] A printed worst- 
ed material for furniture-upholstery. 
tourne (to'r-na'), a. [F., pp. of tourner, turn: 
see turn.] In her., same as regardant. 
Tournefortia (tor-ne-for'ti-a), n. [NL. (Lin- 
nseus, 1737), named after Joseph Pitton de 
Tournefort (1656-1708), a French botanist.] A 
genus of gamopetalous plants, of the order Bo- 
raginacese and tribe Heliotropie/e. it is distin- 
guished from the related genus Heliotropium by its fruit, 
a small fleshy or rarely corky four-celled drupe containing 
either two or four nutlets. There are nearly 100 species, 
widely scattered through warm regions of the world. They 
are trees or shrubs, sometimes with sarmentose or twining 
stems, alternate entire leaves, and terminal cymes of very 
numerous small flowers. About 15 species occur in the West 
Indies, of which T. laurifolia is known as black lancewood, 
and T. oolubilis as basket-withe or white hoop-withe. T. heli- 
otropoides is the summer or false heliotrope of greenhouse 
cultivation, valued for its pale-lilac flowers. Three spe- 
cies with white flowers occur in Florida or Texas. T. ar- 
gentea is sometimes cultivated under the name of East 
Indian velvetleaf. 
Tournefortian (tor-ne-f&r'ti-an), . [< Tourne- 
fort + -ian.~} Of or relating' to Joseph Pitton 
de Tournefort (1656-1708), a French botanist, 
author of a system of botanical nomenclature 
and classification. 
tourneryt, n. An obsolete form of turnery. 
tournesol, n. Same as turnsol. 
toumett, . An error for tourette (mod. turret). 
Bom. of the Rose, 1. 4164 (16th cent, editions). 
tournette (tor-net'), n. [F., dim. of tour (OF. 
tourn), a lathe, wheel: see turn.'} A revolving 
tablet, smaller than a potters' wheel, upon which 
a vase or other round object is placed in paint- 
ing horizontal bands and the like. 
tourney (tor'- or ter'ni), v. i. [Formerly also 
tnrney; < ME. tourneyen, turneyen, tournayen, 
tornaien, < OF. tourneier, torneier, tournoier, 
tournoyer, just, tilt, tourney, turn or wheel 
about, < tourner, turn: see turn. Hence tour- 
ney, n., tournament.} To join in a just or tilt, 
or mock fight of any sort. 
Whan Segramor herde this he lepte vp, and seide that 
recreaunt and shamed be he that will not turneyn. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 484. 
An elfin borne of noble state, 
Well could he tourney, and in lists debate. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. i. 6. 
Armor and Adornment, of a Knight equipDeil 
for the Tourney. (From Viollet-le-Duc's " I>ict. 
<lu Mobilier francais.") 
G404 
tourney (tor'- or ter'ni). n. [Formerly alsu tnr- 
iii i/ ; < ME. toitrniu. t unify. < OF. toiirnei, tour- 
ney, tornei, 
lorimi, < tour- 
neier, tournoi- 
er, just, tilt, 
tourney : see 
tourney, r.} 
A contest of 
armed men 
with swords, 
blunted wea- 
pons,macesof 
wood, and the 
like (but not 
including the 
tilt or just); 
more general- 
ly, the con- 
test of a num- 
ber of cham- 
pions on each 
side, as distin- 
guished from 
single com- 
bat ; the Whole 
series Of mili- 
tary exercises 
or sports held at one place and time. Also tour- 
nament. 
And also Tourneys and exercyse of Arrays fyrst founde 
[in Candia] on horsebake. 
TorHngton, Diarie of Eng. Travel!, p. 19. 
In these jousts and tourneys, described with sufficient 
prolixity but in a truly heart-stirring tone by the chroni- 
clers of the day, we may discern the last gleams of the 
light of chivalry. Prescott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 11. 
tourney-helm (tor 'ni- helm), . A helmet 
used in the tourneys of the fifteenth and six- 
teenth centuries, and peculiar in having the 
face-opening very large, and guarded only by 
light iron bars with wide spaces between them. 
In this respect it is the reverse of the tilting- 
helmet. 
tourningt, tourneynget, a. Middle English 
forms of turning. 
tourniquet (tor'ni-ket), n. [Also torniquet; < 
F. tourniquet, a turnstile, sash-pulley, tourni- 
quet in surgery, < tourner, turn : see turn.'} If. 
A turnstile. 
Seek some winding alley with a tourniquet at the end 
of it, where chariot never rolled. 
Sterne, Sentimental Journey, p. 49. 
2. An instrument for arresting the passage of 
blood through an artery by means of compres- 
sion effected with a screw. It is used to control 
hemorrhage temporarily, as in surgical operations on a 
limb, or to check the force of the blood-current in cases 
of aneurismal or other vascular tumors. Hydraulic 
tourniquet. Same as Barker's mill (which see, under 
mai} 
tournois (tor-nwo'), . [F., of Tours, < Tours, a 
city of France. Cf. turney^.} Of Tours : an epi- 
thet used only in litre tournois, an old French 
money of account, worth 20 sous, or about 9if. 
sterling, or 19 United States cents the value 
of the livre parisis being 25 sous. 
tournure (tijr-nur'), n. [< F. tournure, < tour- 
ner, turn: see turn.} 1. Turn; contour; figure; 
shape. 
A pretty little bonnet and head were popped out of the 
window of the carriage in distress ; its tournure, and that 
of the shoulders that also appeared for a moment, was 
captivating. J. S. Le Fanu, Dragon Volant, i. 
2. A pad or more elastic structure worn tied 
round the waist by women, in order to give the 
hips an agreeably rounded outline ; hence, the 
whole back drapery of a gown; sometimes, in- 
correctly, a bustle. 
touse (touz), v. ; pret. and pp. toused, ppr. tous- 
ing. [Formerly also touze, towse; < ME. "toiisen. 
*tusen (in comp. totusen) = OHG. "zusen (in 
comp. OHG. MHG. er-zusen, also OHG. zir- 
zuson = ME. totusen), MHG. "zusen, G. zausen, 
pull (cf. MHG. zusach, bushes, briers). Con- 
nection with the equiv. tease, tose, is doubtful. 
Hence tousle.} I. trans. 1. To tear or pull 
apart; rend. 
We'll touse you 
Joint by jointj but we will know his purpose. 
Shak., M. for M., v. 1. 318. 
2. To tease ; comb. 
Welcome, Welchman ! Here, nurse, open him and have 
him to the fire, for God's sake ; they have touzed him, and 
washed him thoroughly, and that be good. Peete, Edw. I. 
3. To harass; worry; plague. 
As a Beare whom angry curres have touzd. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. xi. 83. 
4. To pull about; handle roughly or carelessly; 
hence, to rumple ; dishevel ; tousle. 
touze 
Like swine. I'n se pearl without respect. 
Ford, Honour Triumphant, i. 
I would be touring 
Their fair madonas. 
Mamini/er, Duke of Milan, iii. 1. 
Belinda. Am I not horribly tmta'd' 
Araminta. Your Head 's a little out of order. 
Congreve, Old Batchelor, iv. S. 
II. iiitrtntx. To bustle; exert one's self vigor- 
ously; struggle. 
In feats of arms and life's dread desperation 
I louse to gain me fame and reputation. 
Ford, Honour Triumphant, ii. 
Sundry times she hath risen out of her bed, unlocked 
all the doors, gone from chamber to chamber, toused 
among her linen, . . . and when he hath waked and 
missed her ... he hath found her fast asleep. 
Vekker and Webster, Northward Ho, iii. 1. 
[Obsolete or provincial in all uses.] 
touse (touz), n. [(touse, v.} A pull; a haul; a 
seizure; a disturbance. [Prov. Eng.] 
touser (tou'zer), 11. [Also towser (in Towser. a 
common name for a dog), towzer; < touse + -er 1 .] 
One who or that which touses. [Prov. Eng.] 
tousle (t.ou'zl), v. t. ; pret. and pp. tousled, ppr. 
toHxIiny. [Also tonzle, dial, foozle (also tussle, 
q. v.); = LG. iiise/H = G. zauseln, pull, touse; 
freq.of touse.} 1. To pull about roughly; plague 
or tease good-naturedly by pulling about : as, 
to tousle the girls. [Scotch.] 2. To put into 
disorder, as by pulling about roughly ; dishevel ; 
rumple : as, to tousle one's hair. [Colloq.] 
Come, Jane, give me my wig ; you slut, how you have 
tousled the curls ! Foote, Mayor of Garratt, 1. 1. 
A very heavy mat of sandy hair, in a decidedly tousled 
condition. H. B. Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, ix. 
tOUS-les-mois (to-la-mwo'), . [F.: tous, pi. of 
tout (< L. totus), all ; les, pi. of le, the ; mois, pi. 
of mois (< L. mensis), month.] A farinaceous 
food obtained from the tubers of Canna edulix. 
See aehira. 
tousy (tou'zi), . . [< touse + -#l.] Bough; 
shaggy; unkempt; tousled; disheveled: as, a 
tousy head ; a tousy dog. [Colloq.] 
A tou'zie tyke, black, grim, and large. 
Burns, Tam o' Shanter. 
tout 1 (tout), c. i. [A dial, form, in particular 
uses, of toot 1 .} 1. To look about; spy; specifi- 
cally, in modern racing slang, to spy out the 
movements of race-horses at training. 2. To 
look about for customers ; solicit custom, em- 
ployment, or the like. 
" It suits my purpose to become the principal medical 
man in this neighborhood " And I am to tout for 
introductions for you?" Kingsley, Two Years Ago, x. 
3. To follow. Hattiicell. [Prov. Eng.] 
tout 1 (tout), M. [< tout 1 , v.} 1. Same as touter. 
I did not gain the hotel without some encounters with 
beggars, touts, guides, and proprietors of carriages and 
asses, who sought to engage me immediately ... to go 
to Ischia. W. U. Russell, Memories of Ischia. 
2. In horse-racing, a person who clandestinely 
watches the trials of race-horses at their train- 
ing quarters and for a fee gives information 
for betting purposes. 
A species of racing tout enters the cottage of a female 
trainer. Mhenseum, No. 3067, p. 187. 
3. Iii the game of solo, a play when one person 
takes or proposes to take all the tricks. 
Also touter. 
tout'-t, . [< ME. toute; cf. touti, toot*, v., in 
sense 'project.'] The buttocks; the backside ; 
the fundament. Chaucer. 
tout 3 (tout), v. i. [Appar. a particular Sc. use 
of tout 1 , toot 1 , in lit. sense 'project': see toofl.} 
To pout ; be seized with a sudden fit of ill 
humor. [Scotch.] 
tOUt 8 (tout), n. [< touts, .] 1. Apet; a huff ; 
a fit of ill humor. [Scotch.] 2. A fit or slight 
attack of illness. [Scotch.] 
tout ensemble (tot on-son'bl). [F. : tout,<.'L. 
InliiK, all ; ensemble, the whole : see ennemblc, n.} 
See ensembte. 
touter (tou'ter), w. [< toufl + -eel.] One who 
goes about soliciting custom, as for an inn, a 
public conveyance, or a shop. 
If you have not been at Tunbridge, you may neverthe- 
less have heard that here are a parcel of fellows, mean 
traders, whom they call tauttrs, and their business touting 
riding out miles to meet coaches and company coming 
hither, to beg their custom while here. 
S. Richardson, Correspondence, III. 316. 
toutht, '' An old spelling of tooth. Goxxon. 
School of Abuse, p. 9. 
toutie (tou'ti), a. [< touts + -ie.} Liable to 
take touts; haughty; irascible; bad-tempered. 
[Scotch.] 
touzet, '' See tonne. 
