Defn: Work turned on a lathe; turnery.[Obs.] See Turnery. Evelyn.
TOURNEY Tour"ney, n. Etym: [OF. tornei, tornoi, F. tournoi, fr. OF. torneier, tornoier, tournoier, to tit, to tourney, F. tournoyer to turn round and round. See Turn, v. t.]
Defn: A tournament. Bacon.
At tilt or tourney or like warlike game. Spenser.
We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, And there is scantly time for
half the work. Tennyson.
TOURNEY
Tour"ney, v. i. Etym: [Cf.OF. torneier. See Tourney, n. ]
Defn: To perform in tournaments; to tilt.
Well could he tourney, and in lists debate. Spenser.
TOURNIQUET
Tour"ni*quet, n. Etym: [F., fr. tourner to turn.] (Surg.)
Defn: An instrument for arresting hemorrhage. It consists essentially of a pad or compress upon which pressure is made by a band which is tightened by a screw or other means.
TOURNOIS
Tour`nois", n. Etym: [F., belonging to Tours in France.]
Defn: A former French money of account worth 20 sous, or a franc. It was thus called in distinction from the Paris livre, which contained 25 sous.
TOURNURE
Tour*nure", n. Etym: [F., fr. tourner to turn.]