TURMEROL
Tur"mer*ol, n. Etym: [Turmeric + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.)
Defn: Turmeric oil, a brownish yellow, oily substance extracted from turmeric by ligroin.
TURMOIL Tur"moil, n. Etym: [Of uncertain origin; perhaps fr. OF. tremouille the hopper of a mill, trembler to tremble (cf. E. tremble); influenced by E. turn and moil.]
Defn: Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance;
worrying confusion.
And there I'll rest, as after much turmoil, A blessed soul doth in
Elysium. Shak.
TURMOIL
Tur*moil", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Turmoiled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Turmoiling.]
Defn: To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry. [Obs.] It is her fatal misfortune . . . to be miserably tossed and turmoiled with these storms of affliction. Spenser.
TURMOIL
Tur*moil", v. i.
Defn: To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion. [Obs.]
Milton.
TURN Turn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Turned; p. pr. & vb. n. Turning.] Etym: [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. throw. See Throw, and cf. Attorney, Return, Tornado, Tour, Tournament.]
1. To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to make to change position so as to present other sides in given directions; to make to face otherwise; as, to turn a wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the head. Turn the adamantine spindle round. Milton. The monarch turns him to his royal guest. Pope.