The Collaborative International Dictionary
Turk \Turk\, n. [Per. Turk; probably of Tartar origin: cf. F. Turc.]
A member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia, etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in Turkey.
A native or inhabitant of Turkey.
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A Mohammedan; esp., one living in Turkey.
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.
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(Zo["o]l.) The plum weevil. See Curculio, and Plum weevil, under Plum. Turk's cap. (Bot.)
Turk's-cap lily. See under Lily.
A tulip.
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A plant of the genus Melocactus; Turk's head. See Melon cactus, under Melon. Turk's head.
(Naut.) A knot of turbanlike form worked on a rope with a piece of small line.
--R. H. Dana, Jr.(Bot.) See Turk's cap
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above.
Turk's turban (Bot.), a plant of the genus Ranunculus; crowfoot.
Wikipedia
Turk's Head ( - the expression also has the colloquial meaning of 'scapegoat' or 'fall guy' in French) is a 2010 French thriller film directed and starring Pascal Elbé. Roschdy Zem and Israel actress, Ronit Elkabetz also star. It was released in France on 31 March 2010. The film was inspired by the real-life incident in 2006 in Marseille where a group of impoverished teenagers torched a bus, severely burning a female passenger. It received its international premiere 'in competition' on 31 August 2010 at the Montreal World Film Festival, this will be followed by a theatrical release in Canada on 10 September 2010.
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- Turk's Head Building in Providence, Rhode Island.
Usage examples of "turk's head".
The sight of a bos'n's mate sitting on deck methodically making a cat-o'-nine-tails, carefully splicing the nine thin tails into the thick rope handle, and probably covering the splice with a Turk's head, had a fascination for the men, who always knew the man who was to be flogged.
Sensing the motion, the Turk tried to duck, and instead of beheading the Turk, de Beq's sword took off the top of the Turk's head.
A wild Cretan who was very fond of Kukurikos ran up to him bringing him as a present a Turk's head, which he carried by the hair, while the blood dripped from it.
Heller had his two hands on the shoulders of the Turk but Heller's fingers were hidden by the Turk's head.
We are prepared to hear that these beheadings gave such encouragement to the whole army that six thousand soldiers, with three led horses, each preceded by a soldier bearing a Turk's head on a lance, turned out as a guard to Smith and conducted him to the pavilion of the general, to whom he presented his trophies.
Captain Sen glanced at the crewman piloting the Fuzhou Dragon, sweating as he gripped the wheel in his struggle to keep the Turk's head knot of twine, tied around a spoke, straight up, indicating that the rudder was aligned with the hull.