Turdiformes
(||Tur`di*for"mes) n. pl. [NL., fr. L. turdus a thrush + forma form.] (Zoöl.) A division of
singing birds including the thrushes and allied kinds.
Turdus
(||Tur"dus) n. [L., a thrush.] (Zoöl.) A genus of singing birds including the true thrushes.
Tureen
(Tu*reen") n. [F. terrine, L. terra earth. See Terrace.] A large, deep vessel for holding soup,
or other liquid food, at the table. [Written also terreen.]
Tureenful
(Tu*reen"ful) n.; pl. Tureenfuls As much as a tureen can hold; enough to fill a tureen.
Turf
(Turf) n.; pl. Turfs Obs. Turves [AS. turf; akin to D. turf peat, G. torf, OHG. zurba turf, Sw. &
Icel. torf turf, peat, Dan. törv, Skr. darbha a kind of grass, a tuft of grass. &radic242.]
1. That upper stratum of earth and vegetable mold which is filled with the roots of grass and other small
plants, so as to adhere and form a kind of mat; sward; sod.
At his head a grass-green turf.
Shak.
The Greek historian sets her in the field on a high heap of turves.
Milton. 2. Peat, especially when prepared for fuel. See Peat.
3. Race course; horse racing; — preceded by the. "We . . . claim the honors of the turf." Cowper.
Turf is often used adjectively, or to form compounds which are generally self-explaining; as, turf ashes,
turf cutter or turf-cutter, turf pit or turf-pit, turf-built, turf-clad, turf-covered, etc.
Turf ant (Zoöl.), a small European ant (Formica flava) which makes small ant-hills on heaths and commons.
— Turf drain, a drain made with turf or peat. — Turf hedge, a hedge or fence formed with turf and
plants of different kinds. — Turf house, a house or shed formed of turf, common in the northern parts
of Europe. — Turf moss a tract of turfy, mossy, or boggy land. — Turf spade, a spade for cutting
and digging turf, longer and narrower than the common spade.
Turf
(Turf), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Turfed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Turfing.] To cover with turf or sod; as, to turf
a bank, of the border of a terrace. A. Tucker.
Turfen
(Turf"en) a. Made of turf; covered with turf.
Turfiness
(Turf"i*ness) n. Quality or state of being turfy.
Turfing
(Turf"ing), n. The act or process of providing or covering with turf.
Turfing iron, or Turfing spade, an implement for cutting, and paring off, turf.
