turbi

n. Turbidness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a turbid manner; with muddiness or confusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Proudly; haughtily. [ A Latinism. R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

One of great merit turbidly resents them. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being turbid; muddiness; foulness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. tourbillon, from L. turbo a whirl. ] A whirl; a vortex. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Turbary. ] Of or pertaining to peat, or turf; of the nature of peat, or turf; peaty; turfy. Sir. W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. turbo, turben, -inis, a top, whirl. ] (Anat.) Rolled in a spiral; scroll-like; turbinate; -- applied to the thin, plicated, bony or cartilaginous plates which support the olfactory and mucous membranes of the nasal chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ There are usually several of these plates in each nasal chamber. The upper ones, connected directly with the ethmoid bone, are called ethmoturbinals, and the lower, connected with the maxillae, maxillo-turbinals. Incurved portions of the wall of the nasal chamber are sometimes called pseudoturbinals, to distinguish them from the true turbinals which are free outgrowths into the chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) A turbinal bone or cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]