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Contourniated
Contourniated Con*tour"ni*a`ted, a. [Cf. Contorniate.] (Numis.) Having furrowed edges, as if turned in a lathe.
Tournament
Tournament 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.
Tournery
Tournery Tourn"er*y, n. Work turned on a lathe; turnery. [Obs.] See Turnery. --Evelyn.
Tourney
Tourney 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.
Tourney
Tourney 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.
tournure
Bustle 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.

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- 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...
- Asparagales: Scilloideae". Mobot.org. Retrieved 7 November 2017. "Hyacinthus Tourn. ex L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved...
- 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...
- rosacea) Prickly saxifrage (Saxifraga tricuspidata) flowers "Saxifraga Tourn. ex L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved...
- in their gardens. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Erica. "Erica Tourn. ex L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic...
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- 3389/fpls.2021.699226. ISSN 1664-462X. PMC 8845482. PMID 35178055. "Lilium Tourn. ex L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved...
- along with estimated numbers of species. Subfamily Diervilloideae Diervilla Tourn. ex Mill. – bush honeysuckle, 3 species Weigela Thunb. – 10 species Subfamily...
- gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. "Elaeagnus Tourn. ex L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved...
- 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...