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turbot,
turbot [ˈtʌrbət]
n. The halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus.
Compounds and phrases etc.
bastart turbot: NN.a. The brill Scophthalmus rhombus.
rock turbot: A sales name for the wolffish Anarhichas lupus when skinned and beheaded.
turbulent [ˈtərbjulənt]
adj. Characterized by conflict, disorder, or confusion; not stable or calm.
Compounds and phrases etc.
turbulence: A state of conflict or confusion.
turkas, turkis, turkiss,
turkas [ˈtʌrkɪs]
n. A pair of pincers or pliers such as used by a blacksmith, carpenter or cobbler.
turk, Turkey, turkie,
Turkey [ˈtʌrki]
pn. Turkey.
n. A wallet or pocket-book once made of Turkey-leather. col. A savage uncouth person.
Turk [tʌrk]
n. A turkish person. An upholstery fabric.
adj. Fierce, truculent, sullen.
v. To become very angry, break out in rage.
tormit, turmaet, turmet, turmit, turmits, turmot, turmut,
turmit [ˈtʌrmət]
n. A turnip.
hanteran, hanterin, haund-turn, owerturn, owreturn, tirn, tirn$d, toarn, turn, turn_aboot, turnan, turncoat, turned, turneen, turnin, turnit, turnkwite, turn-oot, turnt,
turn [tʌrn]
n. The act or process of turning or changing etc. A check, rebuff, set-back, a heading-of. In music: a section or passage of a tune. A piece of work or business, a job, task, chore, duty. A trick, prank, escapade. Bent, bias, inclination, aptitude, manner.
v. To turn. To twist or spin a rope from straw etc. To turn cut hay, corn or peats etc. To become, grow.
pt. pp. turnt, turned
Compounds and phrases etc.
dae the turn: To suffice for some occasion, serve a useful purpose.
haund-turn: NN.b. Very soon, in a short time.
haund's turn: A stroke of work.
owerturn: Repeat a song, a story, turnover.
owerturnin: Overturning.
turn aboot: In turn.
turnament: A (jousting) tournament.
turncoat: A turncoat, a backslider.
turner: One who makes things, chiefly from wood, using a lathe.
turnin: Turning.
turn-oot: The attendance.
turn ower: To mention. To fare moderatrely well.
Tranent, Treten, Turnent,
Turnent [ˈtʌrnɛnt]
pn. Tranent (East Lothian).
belter
n. A native or inhabitant of Tranent.
turner,
turner [ˈtʌrnər]
n. A copper coin valued at two pence.
Turra, Turray,
Turra [ˈtʌra]
pn. Turriff (Aberdeenshire).
Compounds and phrases etc.
Turra cou: A cow belonging to a farmer near Turriff that was seized for debt in 1913 because the owner refused to pay employee National Health insurance contributions. The cow was bought back by sympathisers and led in triumph to the farm
Turra neep, -tattie: An inhabitant of Turrif.
turret [ˈtʌrɪt]
n. A small tower, a turret.
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