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Turfite
(Turf"ite) n. A votary of the turf, or race course; hence, sometimes, a blackleg. [Colloq.] Thackeray.
Turfless
(Turf"less), a. Destitute of turf.
Turfman
(Turf"man) n.; pl. Turfmen A turfite; a votary of the turf, or race course. [Colloq.]
Turfy
(Turf"y) a. [Compar. Turfier ; superl. Turfiest.]
1. Abounding with turf; made of, or covered with, turf. "The turfy mountains." Shak.
2. Having the nature or appearance of turf.
3. Of or pertaining to the turf, or horse racing.
Turgent
(Tur"gent) a. [L. turgens, - entis, p. pr. of turgere to swell.]
1. Rising into a tumor, or a puffy state; swelling; tumid; as, turgent humors.
2. Inflated; bombastic; turgid; pompous.
Recompensed with turgent titles.
Burton. Turgesce
(Tur*gesce") v. i. [imp. & p. p. Turgesced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Turgescing ] [L. turgescere,
v. incho. fr. turgere to swell.] To become turgid; to swell or be inflated. [R.]
Turgescence
(Tur*ges"cence Tur*ges"cen*cy) n. [Cf. F. turgescence. See Turgescent.]
1. The act of swelling, or the state of being swollen, or turgescent. Sir T. Browne.
2. Empty magnificence or pompousness; inflation; bombast; turgidity. Johnson.
Turgescent
(Tur*ges"cent) a. [L. turgescens, -entis, p. pr. of turgescere: cf. F. turgescent. See Turgesce.]
Becoming turgid or inflated; swelling; growing big.
Turgid
(Tur"gid) a. [L. turgidus, from turgere to swell.]
1. Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated; tumid; —
especially applied to an enlarged part of the body; as, a turgid limb; turgid fruit.
A bladder . . . held near the fire grew turgid.
Boyle. 2. Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking.
— Tur"gid*ly adv. — Tur"gid*ness, n.
Turgidity
(Tur*gid"i*ty) n. The quality or state of being turgid.
Turgidous
(Tur"gid*ous) a. Turgid. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Turio
(||Tu"ri*o) n.; pl. Turiones [L.] (Bot.) A shoot or sprout from the ground. Gray.
Turiole
(Tu"ri*ole) n. The golden oriole. [Prov. Eng.]
Turion
(Tu"ri*on) n. (Bot.) Same as Turio.
Turioniferous
(Tu`ri*o*nif"er*ous) a. [L. turio a sprout + -ferous.] Producing shoots, as asparagus.
Barton.
