Chapter Turn about to Tzarina of T by Soule's Synonymes

Turn tail. (Colloq.) Flee, run away, make off, cut and run, retreat ignominiously.

Turn the back. Flee, retreat.

Turn the back upon. Leave with contempt, refuse unceremoniously.

Turn the die. Turn the dice. Change fortune.

Turn the edge of. Make dull, make blunt, deprive of sharpness.

Turn the head. Infatuate, make giddy, make insane, make wild, overthrow the judgment of.

Turn the scale. Change the preponderance, give success, give superiority.

Turn the tables. Reverse positions, reverse circumstances.

Turn to. Have recourse to, refer to.

Turn to account. Utilize, take advantage of, make use of.

Turn to profit. Turn to advantage. Make profitable, make advantageous.

Turn topsy-turvy. Upset, disorder, confuse.

Turn under. Bend downward.

Turn up.

1. Bend upward.

2. Occur, happen, come to pass.

3. Come to light, transpire.

Turn upon. Retort, throw back.

Turpitude, n. Baseness, depravity, wickedness, vileness.

Turquoise, n. [Written also Turcois and Turkois.] Calaite.

Turret, n. Minaret, pinnacle, small tower.

Turtle, n.

1. Turtle-dove, turtle-pigeon.

2. Sea-tortoise, marine tortoise.

Turtle-dove, n. Turtle (Columba turtur).

Turtle-shell, n. Tortoise-shell.

Tush, interj. Pshaw.