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runs into the Cangaree. Lat. 34. 50. N. long. 81. 35. W. 
—Also, a river of America, which runs into the Ohio. Lat. 
38. 22. N. long. 83. 12. W. 
TURKEY FOOT, a township of Pennsylvania, in 
Somerset county, containing 975 inhabitants. 
TURKEY HILL, a township of Illinois territory, in the 
county of St. Clair, containing 1151 inhabitants. 
TURKEY POINT, a cape on the coast of Maryland, at 
the mouth of the Susquehanna, where it takes the name of 
Chesapeak. Here the British army landed in August 1777, 
as they were advancing to Philadelphia; 16 miles south¬ 
east of Elkton.—Also, a cape on the north coast of lake 
Erie. 
TURKEY RIVER, a river of Louisiana, which runs into 
the Mississippi. Lat. 42. 10. N. long. 91.55. W. 
TURK’S ISLANDS, a cluster of small islands among the 
Bahamas, the largest situated in lat. 21. 20. N. long. 71. 0. 
W. These islands, belonging to the British, are the most 
south-east of all the Bahama islands; the principal of which 
is Grand Key, where there is established a port of entry. 
TU'RKOIS, s. [ turquoise , French, from Turky .] A 
blue stone numbered among the meaner precious stones, now 
discovered to be a bone impregnated with cupreous particles. 
—Those bony bodies found among copper-ores are tinged 
with greeen or blue: the turcois stone, as it is commonly 
styled by lapidaries, is part of a bone so tinged. Woodward. 
TU'RKSCAP, 5. {martagenl] An herb. Ainsworth. 
TUR-LANGTON, a township of England, in Leicester¬ 
shire ; 5 miles north-by-west of Market Harborough. 
TURLOS, a small island of Greece, near the north-east 
point of the island of Engia. 
TURM, s. [turma Latin.] A troop. Not in use .— 
Legions and cohorts, turms of horse and wings. Milton. 
TU'RMERIC, s. [turmerica , Latin.] An Indian root 
which makes a yellow dye. 
TURMERO, a village of South America, and capital of 
the district in the province of Tunja. It contains more than 
1000 housekeepers, and 600 Indians; 14 miles south-south¬ 
west of Tunja, and 38 north-east of Santa Fe.'—It is also the 
name of a small settlement in Venezuela. 
TURMO'IL, s. [derived by Skinner from tremouille, 
French, a mill-hopper; more probably derived from moil, 
to labour.] Trouble ; disturbance; harassing uneasiness; 
tumultuous molestation. Little in use. 
There I’ll rest, as after much turmoil 
A blessed soul doth in elysium. Shakspearc. 
To TURMO'IL, v. a. To harass with commotion. 
Haughty Juno, who with endless broil 
Did earth, and heav’n, and Jove himself turmoil. 
At length aton’d, her friendly pow’r shall join. Dry den. 
To weary; to keep in unquietness.—Having newly left 
those grammatic shallows, where they stuck unreasonably to 
learn a few words, on the sudden are transported to be tost 
and turmoi/ed with their unballasted wits in fathomless and 
unquiet deeps of controversy. Milton. 
To TURN, v. a. [Gupnan, Saxon; tourner, French, 
from torno, Latin.] To put into a circular or vertiginous 
motion ; to move round; to revolve.—Slip would have made 
Hercules turn the spit; yea, and have cleft his club to make 
the fire too. Shakspearc. —To put the upperside downwards; 
to shift with regard to the sides.—When the hen has laid her 
eggs so that she can cover them, what care does she take in 
turning them frequently, that all parts may partake of the 
vital warmth! Addison. — To change with respect to 
position. 
Expert 
When to advance, or stand, or turn the sway 
Of battle. Milton. 
To change the state of the balance..—You weigh equally, 
a feather will turn the scale. Shakspeare. —To bring the 
inside out. 
He call’d me sot; 
And told me I had turn'd the wrong side out. Shakspeare. 
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To change as to the posture of the body, or direction of 
the look. 
Apollo, angry at the sight, from top of Ilion eride; 
Turne head, ye well-rod peeres of Troy. Chapman. 
To form on a lathe by moving round, {torno, Latin.]—■ 
The whole lathe is made strong, because the matter it turns 
being metal, is heavier than wood, and with forcible coming 
about, would, if the lathe were slight, make it tremble, and 
so spoil the work. Moxon. —To form; to shape. 
What nervous arms he boasts, how firm his tread. 
His limbs how turn'd, how broad his shoulders spread. 
Pope. 
To change; to transform; to metamorphose; to trans¬ 
mute. 
Of sooty coal the empiric alchemist 
Can turn, or holds it possible to turn. 
Metals of drossiest ore to perfect gold. Milton. 
To make of another colour.—The choler of a hog turned 
syrup of violets green. Floyer. —To change; to alter. 
Some dear friend dead; else nothing in the world 
Could turn so much the constitution 
Of any constant man. Shakspeare. 
To make a reverse of fortune. 
Fortune confounds the wise, 
And when they least expect it, turns the dice. Dry den. 
To translate. 
The bard whom pilfer’d pastorals renown ; 
Who turns a Persian tale for half-a-crown, 
Just writes to make his barrenness appear. Pope. 
To change to another opinion, or party,| worse or better. 
To convert; to pervert.— Turn ye not unto idols, nor make 
to yourselves molten gods. Lev. —To change with regard 
to inclination or temper.— Turn thee unto me, and have 
mercy upon me. Psalm. —To alter from one effect or 
purpose to another.—When a storm of sad mischance beats 
upon our spirits, turn it into advantage, to serve religion or 
prudence. Bp. Taylor. —To betake. — Sheep, and great 
cattle, it seems indifferent which of these two were most 
turned to. Temple. — To transfer.—These came to David 
to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him. Chro¬ 
nicles. —To fall upon by some change.—The destruction of 
Demetrius, son to Philip II. of Macedon, turned upon the 
father, who died of repentance. Bacon.—To make; to 
nauseate.—The report, and much more the sight of a 
luxurious feeder, would turn his stomach. Fell. —To make 
giddy. 
Eastern priests in giddy circles run, 
And turn their heads to imitate the sun. Pope. 
To infatuate; to make mad: applied to the head or brain. 
My aking head can scarce support the pain. 
This cursed love will surely turn my brain: 
Feel how it shoots. Transl. of Theocrit_ 
To change direction to, or from any point.—Unless he 
turns his thoughts that way, he will no more have distinct 
ideas of the operations of his mind, than he will have of a 
clock, who will not turn his eyes to it. Loclcc. —To direct 
by a change to a certain purpose or propension. 
My thoughts are turn'd on peace. 
Already have our quarrels fill’d the world 
With widows and with orphans. Addison. 
To double in. 
Thus a wise taylor is not pinching, 
But turns at every seam an inch in. Swift. 
To revolve ; to agitate in the mind.—- Turn these ideas 
about in your mind, and take a view of them on all sides. 
Watts. —To bend from a perpendicular edge; to blunt.— 
Quick wits are more quick to enter speedily, than able to 
pierce far; like sharp tools, whose edges be very soon 
turned. Ascham.— To drive by violence; to expel: with 
out t or out of. 
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