turk's turban

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turk's turban - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Turk \Turk\ (t[^u]rk), n. [Per. Turk; probably of Tartar origin:
     cf. F. Turc.]
     1. A member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia,
        etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in Turkey.
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     2. A native or inhabitant of Turkey.
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     3. A Muslim; esp., one living in Turkey. [Archaic]
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              It is no good reason for a man's religion that he
              was born and brought up in it; for then a Turk would
              have as much reason to be a Turk as a Christian to
              be a Christian.                       --Chillingworth.
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     4. (Zool.) The plum weevil. See Curculio, and Plum  weevil
        , under Plum.
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     Turk's cap. (Bot.)
        (a) Turk's-cap lily. See under Lily.
        (b) A tulip.
        (c) A plant of the genus Melocactus; Turk's head. See
            Melon cactus, under Melon.
  
     Turk's head.
        (a) (Naut.) A knot of turbanlike form worked on a rope
            with a piece of small line. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
        (b) (Bot.) See Turk's cap
        (c) above.
  
     Turk's turban (Bot.), a plant of the genus Ranunculus;
        crowfoot.
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