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ContourniatedContourniated Con*tour"ni*a`ted, a. [Cf. Contorniate.]
(Numis.)
Having furrowed edges, as if turned in a lathe. TournamentTournament Tour"na*ment, n. [OE. turnement, tornement, OF.
torneiement, tornoiement, F. tournoiement a turning or
wheeling round. See Tourney.]
1. A mock fight, or warlike game, formerly in great favor, in
which a number of combatants were engaged, as an
exhibition of their address and bravery; hence,
figuratively, a real battle. ``In battle and in
tourneyment.' --Chaucer.
With cruel tournament the squadrons join. --Milton.
Note: It different from the joust, which was a trial of skill
between one man and another.
2. Any contest of skill in which there are many contestents
for championship; as, a chess tournament. TourneryTournery Tourn"er*y, n.
Work turned on a lathe; turnery. [Obs.] See Turnery.
--Evelyn. TourneyTourney Tour"ney, n. [OF. tornei, tornoi, F. tournoi, fr. OF.
torneier, tornoier, tournoier, to tit, to tourney, F.
tournoyer to turn round and round. See Turn, v. t.]
A tournament. --Bacon.
At tilt or tourney or like warlike game. --Spenser.
We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, And there is
scantly time for half the work. --Tennyson. TourneyTourney Tour"ney, v. i. [Cf.OF. torneier. See Tourney, n. ]
To perform in tournaments; to tilt.
Well could he tourney, and in lists debate. --Spenser. Tourniquet
Tourniquet Tour"ni*quet, n. [F., fr. tourner to turn.] (Surg.)
An instrument for arresting hemorrhage. It consists
essentially of a pad or compress upon which pressure is made
by a band which is tightened by a screw or other means.
Tournois
Tournois Tour`nois", n. [F., belonging to Tours in France.]
A former French money of account worth 20 sous, or a franc.
It was thus called in distinction from the Paris livre, which
contained 25 sous.
Tournure
Tournure Tour*nure", n. [F., fr. tourner to turn.]
1. Turn; contour; figure.
2. Any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress
below the waist; a bustle.
tournureBustle Bus"tle, n.
A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by
women, to give fullness to the skirts; -- called also
bishop, and tournure.
Meaning of Tourn from wikipedia
- The
tourn (tour, turn) was the bi-annual
inspection of the
hundreds of his
shire made by the
sheriff in
medieval England.
During it he
would preside over...
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Joseph Pitton de
Tournefort (5 June 1656 – 28
December 1708) was a
French botanist,
notable as the
first to make a
clear definition of the
concept of genus...
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Player Grand Slam ATP
Masters 1000 (mandatory) Best
other Total
points Tourn Titles AUS FRA WIM USO IW MI MA IT CA CI SH PA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1†
Jannik Sinner...
- Asparagales: Scilloideae". Mobot.org.
Retrieved 7
November 2017. "Hyacinthus
Tourn. ex L."
Plants of the
World Online.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved...
- period, L.
annua L.
rediviva L.
rediviva L.
rediviva Money plant "Lunaria
Tourn. ex L."
Plants of the
World Online.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 22 April...
- M.Johnst.
Decalepidanthus Reidl Draperia Torr.
Echiochilon Desf.
Echium Tourn. ex L.
Ehretia P.Browne
Ellisia L.
Embadium J.M.Black
Emmenanthe Benth....
- "Glycyrrhiza Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 741. 1753",
Flora of
China Glycyrrhiza Tourn. ex L.
Plants of the
World Online.
Retrieved 31
August 2023.
Bojian Bao;...
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gained the
Royal Horticultural Society's
Award of
Garden Merit. "Elaeagnus
Tourn. ex L."
Plants of the
World Online.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved...
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Monocots Order:
Asparagales Family:
Orchidaceae Juss. Type
genus Orchis Tourn. ex L.
Subfamilies Apostasioideae Horaninov Cypripedioideae Kosteletzky...
- infants, and in
people with liver, kidney, or
vascular diseases.
Symphytum Tourn. ex L.
Plants of the
World Online.
Retrieved 31 July 2024. "Symphytum L...
