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n. The act of deturbating. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. destorbance. ] 1. An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercises; a disturbance of the galvanic current. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Confusion of the mind; agitation of the feelings; perplexity; uneasiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Any man . . . in a state of disturbance and irritation. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Violent agitation in the body politic; public commotion; tumult. [ 1913 Webster ]

The disturbance was made to support a general accusation against the province. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) The hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right; as, the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, and the like. Blackstone.

Syn. -- Tumult; brawl; commotion; turmoil; uproar; hubbub; disorder; derangement; confusion; agitation; perturbation; annoyance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. disturbatio. ] Act of disturbing; disturbance. [ Obs. ] Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being imperturbable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. imperturbabilis; pref. im- not + perturbare to disturb: cf. F. imperturbable. See Perture. ] Incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted; as, imperturbable gravity. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an imperturbable manner; calmly. C. Bronté. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. imperturbatio. ] Freedom from agitation of mind; calmness; quietude. W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose; apathy; indifference. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. masturbated p. pr. & vb. n. masturbating. ] To achieve sexual gratification by stimulating one's own sexual organs, without the aid of a partner; -- typically to the point of orgasm. -- masturbator, n.
Syn. -- wank, she-bop, jack off, jerk off, whack off, beat the meat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. masturbatus, p. p. of masturbari to practice onanism: cf. F. masturbation. ] The act of masturbating; sexual self-gratification; onanism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being perturbable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Liable to be perturbed or agitated; liable to be disturbed or disquieted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Disturbance; perturbation. [ R. ] “Perturbance of the mind.” Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ From L. perturbatus, p. p. ] To perturb. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Perturbed; agitated. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. perturbatio: cf. F. perturbation. ] 1. The act of perturbing, or the state of being perturbed; esp., agitation of mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) A disturbance in the regular elliptic or other motion of a heavenly body, produced by some force additional to that which causes its regular motion; as, the perturbations of the planets are caused by their attraction on each other. Newcomb. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to perturbation, esp. to the perturbations of the planets. “The perturbational theory.” Sir J. Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to cause perturbation; disturbing. Sir J. Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A perturber. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. turband, turbant, tolibant, F. turban, It. turbante, Turk. tulbend, dulbend, fr. Per. dulband. Cf. Tulip. ] 1. A headdress worn by men in the Levant and by many Muslims of the male sex, consisting of a cap, and a sash, scarf, or shawl, usually of cotton or linen, wound about the cap, and sometimes hanging down the neck. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of headdress worn by women. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) The whole set of whorls of a spiral shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A turban. Balfour (Cyc. of Ind.). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wearing a turban. “ A malignant and a turbaned Turk.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A sea urchin when deprived of its spines; -- popularly so called from a fancied resemblance to a turban. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A turban. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

I see the Turk nodding with his turbant. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A kind of fungus with an irregularly wrinkled, somewhat globular pileus (Helvella esculenta syn. Gyromitra esculenta.). [ 1913 Webster ]