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▪ I. † turquet1 Obs. rare—1.
[app. f. Turque, turk + -et1; cf. F. turquet ‘petit chien, d'origine turque, à nez camus et à poil ras’ (16–17th c. in Hatz.-Darm.). But Turquets may be a misprint for Turques.]
A player dressed up to resemble a Turk.
1625Bacon Ess., Masques (Arb.) 540 Anti-masques..haue been commonly of Fooles, Satyres, Baboones, Wilde-Men, Antiques, Beasts, Sprites, Witches, Ethiopes, Pigmies, Turquets,..and the like.
▪ II. † turquet2 Obs. rare—1.
[a. F. turquet, now = maize, but given by Cotgr. as a var. of turguet spelt.]
? Spelt.
The passage is translated from a French source, and the rendering starch-corn is perh. derived from Cotgrave.
1725Family Dict. II. s.v. Stone, A Remedy for the Stone and Gravel is, to take the Herb Turquet or Storch-Corn [sic], dry it and reduce it to Powder. |