TURNPLATE
Turn"plate`, n.
Defn: A turntable.
TURN-SICK
Turn"-sick`, a.
Defn: Giddy. [Obs.] Bacon.
TURN-SICK
Turn"-sick`, n. (For.)
Defn: A disease with which sheep are sometimes affected; gid; sturdy.
See Gid.
TURNSOLE
Turn"sole`, n. Etym: [F. tournesol, It. tornasole; tornare to turn
(LL. tornare) + sole the sun, L. sol. See Turn, Solar, a., and cf.
Heliotrope.] [Written also turnsol.]
1. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Heliotropium; heliotrope; — so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun. (b) The sunflower. (c) A kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia). (d) The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora tinctoria.
2. (Chem.) (a) Litmus. [Obs.] (b) A purple dye obtained from the plant turnsole. See def. 1 (d).
TURNSPIT
Turn"spit`, n.