turtle 
by a whimsical association with liirilri. The 
application to tlic smaller land-tortoises seems 
to bo later.] 1. Atoi-t"i-; nny clieloniun or 
testudinate; any memlier of the I'ln-lnnin or 
Ti-xtinliHiilii (scis" tin' technical names); espe- 
cially, a marine tortoiw, pi-ovMcd with flippers; 
absolutely, the green turtle, as I'lirlmiin niiilun 
(see cut In-low), highly esteemed for soup. See 
cuts referreil ti> uiiiler lorlni.-'t', also cuts under 
.txi>iiliniiTlfx, I'.ri-tiiKii-lii'liix, /ifrinlii; I'll iifnnpon- 
tli/li, xlitlrr, and s!ii/l:/i'it. 
The tortoise, which they call turtle, eats like veal. 
>. flttrte, Four Plantations In America (1670X p. 21. 
A turtle which means a tortoise is fond of hli shell. 
0. W. llulmei, Professor, II. 
2. The, detachable segment of the cylinder of 
a rotary printing-machine which contains the 
types or plates to be printed: so called from 
its curved surface. In practice, the turtle U removed 
from the machine to the type setting room. The types 
are made up on the curved surface, and nrmly held in 
place by rebated column-rules, thicker at the top than at 
tin: bottom, and flnnly grooved in the turtle. When the 
types have been locked up by screws on the turtle, they 
c.i M be placed on the machine for printing without risk of 
falling out, or they can be molded in thin curved form 
by the papier- macne process, and the curved plate made 
therefrom can be used in printing. The stereotype meth- 
od is preferred. Bastard turtle, ThalaKuxMyt tem- 
pi. Box-turtle. See biix-tvrttnue, Cutiulo, cooler, Pyxis. 
Chicken-turtle. Same as chidren-tortoue. [Southern 
U. 8.] -Diamond-backed turtle. See diamond-batted. 
Greaved turtle, a tortoise of the genus Podocnemis, as 
/'. erpanm. Green turtle, one of several species of tur- 
tles, belonging to the natural order Chelnnia, family Chelo- 
nit:/:f. and gi-nus Clirliiiiia (which see for the technical 
zoological characters). They are all marine, and feed al- 
most exclusively on algec or seaweeds. The common species 
6545 
turtle-deck (ter'tl-dek), t. See deck, 2. 
turtle-dove (t.Vtl-.luv), . [< - Ml; 
= ]). tnrtihluif = oil'!. tiirtHliitiili, 
Mild. ltii-ti/iiilir. liirtiliiilii; <!. liirlfllaube = 
Dan. turteldiie = Sw. turtuntufra ; as turtle 1 + 
i/'H-f 1 .] 1. The turtle: any member of the ge- 
nus I'urtur in a broad sense; specifically, T. 
i-ulgaria, a dove native in the British Islands 
lln-'iiicut i.f Ui<- 
m-vcr tinted. 
It dllf.-ri 
: 
Turtle-dove (Turtttr 
Tuscan Order, after Vlgnola. 
Green Turtle (Chelenia midas). 
of the West Indies Is Chelonia midae ; that of Pacific waters 
Is C. uirt/ata. The former comes on the coast of the United 
States, from the Gulf of Mexico northward, occasionally 
even to Long Island Sound or even on the New England 
fishing-banks. It attains great size, individuals having 
been taken weighing from 000 to 800 pounds. It lives 
chiefly in deep water, but also seeks the mouths of rivers 
and estuaries. It breeds from April till July, and In April, 
and especially in May, large numbers come ashore to lay 
their eggs, which are much esteemed and eagerly sought 
for. The animal itself Is celebrated as the source of real- 
turtle soup. Tho Pacific species ranges along the whole 
southern coast of California, and is regularly taken to the 
Ban Francisco markets. Hawk-billed <>r hawk's-blll 
turtle, a marine turtle, the caret, Eretmochelits imbricata, 
the source of commercial tortoise-shell. See cut under 
Eretmorhelys. Loggerhead turtle. See loggerhead, 4. 
Mock turtle, see mm*!. Painted turtle. Same 
as painted terrapin (which see, under terrapin). Soft- 
she lied or soft turtle. See sofl-ihelUd, Trionychida, 
and cut under Aipidonectet.To turn turtle, to capsize : 
said of a vessel. [Naut. slang.] (See also alligator-turtle, 
land-turtle, mud-turtle, sea-turtle-, snapping -turtle.) 
turtle 2 (ter'tl), r. i. ; pret. and pp. turtled, ppr. 
turtling. [< turtle 2 , n.] To pursue or capture 
turtles ; make a practice or business of taking 
turtles. 
\\lirn going on a turtling excursion a gaper is caught, 
and the more experienced natives have no great difficulty 
iu procuring one when required. 
Anthrop. Jour., XIX. 349. 
turtleback (ter'tl-bak), . 1. A West Indian 
helmet-shell, Cassis tubcrosa. Imp. Diet. 2. 
Something having the shape of a turtle's back, 
(a) A rude stone implement, of a shape suggesting the 
name, by some supposed to represent a failure to chip out 
a more elaborate or perfect form. 
The familiar turtlf-back or one-faced stone, the double 
turtle, back or two-faced stone, together with all similar 
rude shapes. 
W. H. Holmes, Amer. Anthrop., Jan., 1890, p. IS. 
(ft) An arched protection erected over the upper deck of a 
steamer at the l>ow, and often at the stern also, to guard 
against damage from the breaking on board of heavy seas ; 
a wliah n;u'k. 
turtle-cowry (ter'tl-kou'ri), n. A large hand- 
some cowry. Ci/i>rii'tt It islmtiiittria. 
turtle-crawl (tOr'tl-kral), . 1. The track of 
a turtle to and from its nest. 2. A pen con- 
structed iu the water for confining turtles. 
[Florida.] 
411 
and other parts of Europe, and thence extend- 
ing into Africa and Asia. There are many others, of 
most parts of the Old World, as the Cambayan, T. Senegal- 
emit; among them Is T. riiarius, commonly seen in cap- 
tivity and called Tiny-dove. 
2. The common Carolina dove or pigeon, Zenai- 
dura carolinensis. Also called mourning-dove. 
See cut under dove. [Local, U. S.] 3. The 
Australian dove Stictopelia euneata. [Local.] 
turtle-egging (ter'tl-eg'ing), n. The act or in- 
dustry of taking turtles' eggs. The turtle digs a 
hole in the sand, In which the eggs are deposited and then 
covered over. To ascertain where the nest is located a 
sharp stick or Iron rod Is used to prod the ground. 
turtle-footed (ter'tl-fut'ed), a. Slow-footed. 
Turtle-footed peace. Ford. (fmp. Diet.) 
turtle-grass (ter'tl-gras), . See Thalassia. 
turtle-head (ter'tl-hed), n. See Chelone, 2. 
turtle-peg (ter'tl-peg), n. The spear or har- 
poon used in striking turtles ; a peg. It is a 
small sharp piece of iron, made fast to a cord, and mounted 
on a long shaft. The turtle Is pegged by a thrust Into 
the shell, where the head of the spear Is held nrmly ; the 
staff is then withdrawn, and the turtle is brought in by 
the cord. [Florida.) 
turtler (ter'tler), n. [< turtle? + -erl.] One 
who makes a business of hunting for turtles or 
their eggs. 
turtle-run (ter'tl-run), n. A turtle-crawl. 
[Florida.] 
turtle-shell (ter'tl-shel), n. 1. Tortoise-shell; 
especially, the darker and less richly mottled 
tortoise-shell used for inlaying in wood, etc. 
2. In conch., the turtle-cowry. 
turtle-soup (ter'tl-sop'), A rich soup the 
chief ingredient of which is turtle-meat. 
Mock-turtle soup, see mock-turtle. 
turtle-^tone (ter'tl-ston), . In ijeol., a sep- 
tarium. 
turtling (ter'tling), . [Verbal n. of turtle"*, t).] 
The act or method of catching turtles ; the busi- 
ness of a turtler. 
turtosa (ter-to'sS), . The African teak or 
oak, Oldfieldia Afrieaiia. 
turtourt, . [Ml!., also tortor (also turtre, < OF. 
tttrtrc), < L. titrtur, a turtle: see turtle 1 .'] A 
turtle-dove. 
Oon lite! and obscure, 
With whete and mylde in that thi turtourt fede. 
Palladius, Husbondrle (E. E. T. S.\ p. 21. 
Turtur (ter'ter), n. [NL., < L. turtur. a turtle : 
see turtle^.] A genus of doves, based by Selby 
in 1835 upon the common turtle of Europe, Co- 
litinha turtur of Linnaeus, now called Titrtur 
communis, rulgaris, or auritus. (See cut under 
turtle-dove.) There are many other Old World 
species, among them T. rixorius, probably the 
turtle of Scripture. 
turves. . An obsolescent plural of fur/ 1 . 
turvy-topsyt, <"''' Same as topsyturvy. Cited 
by F. Ball, The Nation, March 28, 1889, p. 268. 
turwar (tur'war), H. [E. Ind.] The tanning- 
bark obtained in India from Cassia auriculata. 
Tuscan (tus'kan), a. and n. [= F. Tosean, < 
It. Toscano, < L. Tiucanta, < Tuscus, Thuscus, 
Tuscan. Cf. Etruscan.] I. a. Pertaining to 
Tuscany, a former grand duchy, now a com- 
partimento of the present kingdom of Italy, 
corresponding generally to the ancient Etruria. 
Tuscan order, one of the five orders of architecture, 
according to Vitruvlns and Palladio. It admits of no or- 
tusk 
namenta, presents the luck of r 
man orders, and the columns a 
so little, however, 
from the Koman - 
Doric that It Is 
generally regard- 
ed as being only 
a variety of the 
latter. See Do- 
ric. - Tuscan 
straw, plaited 
straw of flue yel- 
low color, used 
for making hats 
and fine mats and 
basket*. 
II. . 1. An 
inhabitant of 
Tuscany. 2. 
In arch., the 
Tuscan order. 
tush 1 (tush), H. 
[< ME. tttsch, 
tosch; an as- 
sibilated form 
of tufcl.] A 
long pointed 
tooth ; a tusk ; 
specifically, 
one of the four 
Canine teeth 
of the horse. 
That great wolf [Gardiner], . . . whose teeth are like to 
the venomous tojthes of the ramping lion. 
Becon, Works (Parker Soc.), III. 287. 
And whom he strikes his crooked tuthei slay. 
Shalt., Venus and Adonis, 1. 024. 
tush 2 (tush), inter). [Formerly also ticish; cf. 
tut and pish.] An exclamation expressing re- 
buke, impatience, or contempt, and equivalent 
to 'pshaw! be silent': as, tush! tush! never tell 
me such a story as that. 
There is a cholerlke or disdainful! interiection vsed In 
the Irish language called Boagh, which Is as much in Eng- 
lish as twith. 
Stanihuret, Descrip. of Ireland, I. (Hollnshed'sChron.,1.). 
T*h, man ; in this topsy-turvy world friendship and 
bosom-kindness are but made covers for mischief, means 
to compass ill. Chapman, Widow's Tears, v. 
tush 2 ( tush ), v.i. [< tush?, intcri.] To express 
impatience, contempt, or the like by the ex- 
clamation "Tush!" 
Cedrlc tuihed and pshawed more than once at the mes- 
sage. Scott, Ivanboe, xliv. 
tushed (tusht), a. [< tushl + -crf2.] Having 
tushes; tusked. 
tusk 1 (tusk), n. [< ME. tusk, also transposed 
tux (also assibilated tuseh, tosch: see ttis/i 1 ), < 
AS. tune, also transposed tux = OFries. tusk, 
tusch = Icel. toskr (cf. Gael, tosg, < E.), a tusk, 
tooth; prob., with orig. adj. formative -fc or-sk 
(as in AS. -ise, E. -(.A 1 ), from the orig. form of 
tooth (AS. toth, Goth, tuntlius, etc.), the radical 
th + k or th + sk reducing to sk, as th + t or th 
+ st reduces to st. The supposition that AS. 
fuse is a contr. of *twisc, \ twi-, two, though 
phonetically tenable (cf. tuskar, tu-iscar), does 
not meet the sense.] 1. A long pointed tooth ; 
especially, a tooth long enough to protrude 
from the lips when the mouth is closed. Tusks 
are extremely prominent in some animals, as elephant*, 
mastodons, ana other proboscideans; the narwhal among 
cetaceans; various pachyderms, as the hippopotamus. 
boar, and babirussa ; the walrus among pinniped cam!' 
vores ; and the fossil saber-toothed tigers among ordinary 
.canine tooth) : #, tusk of elephant 
(incisor tooth). 
carnivores. Tusks may be upper or lower; they are usu- 
ally upper, but In the dinotherium lower. They are 
either incisors or canines in different animals, but are usu- 
ally canines. They are always paired except in the nar- 
whal. The single developed upper Incisor of the male 
narwhal is the longest tusk known, reaching a length of 
10 or 12 feet, and it is spirally grooved as if twisted. Ele- 
phants' tusks are upper incisors, and furnish most of the 
Ivory of commerce. The tusks of the walrus are upper 
canines ; those of the boar tribe are canines, both upper 
and lower. The tusks of the dinotherinm are a pair of 
lower incisors turned down ont of the mouth. The so- 
called tusks or tushes of the horse are ordinary canines. 
See cuts under babirutta, bttr, DinMerium. elephant. 
Mattodonrintr, wonodon, narvlial, Phacochima, later- 
toothed, and iratnu. 
