turrn.
/təː/, U.S. /tər/, Canadian English /tɜr/ Newfoundland.
= murre n.
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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > member of genus Uria (guillemot)
coot1382
murre1578
scout1596
guillem1603
willock1606
kiddaw1674
sea-hen1676
guillemot1678
loom1694
lavy1698
foolish guillemot1776
willy1780
turr1794
tinkershere1799
strany1804
spratter1863
bacalao-bird1865
tinker1880
the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > genus Alca > alca torda (razor-bill)
murre1578
scout1596
willock1606
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razorbilla1705
turr1794
sea-crow1813
razorbill auk1829
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razorbill puffin1865
1794 A. Thomas Newfoundland Jrnl. (1968) x. 144 Here are..Penguins, Hegdowns, Muirs and Tuirs, Ice Birds..and a number of other Sea Fowl.
1855 Trans. Lit. & Hist. Soc. Quebec 4 334 Among the sea-birds are , Mermettes, Moyocks, Gulls,..Turrhs, Paraquets, Penguins, and divers others.
1960 L. M. Tuck Murres 34 A common vernacular name for the murre in Newfoundland is ‘turr’.
1974 National Geographic Jan. 122/2 The seabirds here called stearin, turr, and tickle-ace are the birds known elsewhere as tern, murre, and kittiwake.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
turrv.
Obsolete or dialect.
intransitive and transitive. To butt, as a ram; to push down by butting.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [verb (intransitive)] > butt (as a ram)
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tup1654
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [verb (transitive)] > butt (as a ram)
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a1400–50 Alexander 5567 Neddirs..hedously hoge & horned as Tupis Þai turred doun of his tulkis & with þar tyndis sloȝe.
1483 Cath. Angl. 398/1 To Turre, arietare, est enim Arietum & aliorum animalium.
Derivatives
turr n. dialect
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1886 H. Cunliffe Gloss. Rochdale-with-Rossendale Words & Phrases 93 Turr, to butt with the head. A beast possessing this vicious habit is said to have ‘th turr ith head’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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