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tərk
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Ascension of the Spanish soldiers who died in the battle against the Turks, 1687. On the left, the Spanish king Charles II, kneeling in his army tent, watches as angels retrieve the bodies of the soldiers from hell and take them to heaven. Central presentation in a monumental setting with weapon trophies, weeping putti and allegorical scenes. At the bottom of the text showing that the print was commissioned by the Marquis of Gastañaga, governor of the Spanish Netherlands.
Ascension of the Spanish soldiers who died in the battle against the Turks, 1687. On the left, the Spanish king Charles II, kneeling in his army tent, watches as angels retrieve the bodies of the soldiers from hell and take them to heaven. Central presentation in a monumental setting with weapon trophies, weeping putti and allegorical scenes. At the bottom of the text showing that the print was commissioned by the Marquis of Gastañaga, governor of the Spanish Netherlands.
  1. (n) Turk
    a native or inhabitant of Turkey
Illustrations
The attack of the Turks on Malta. Bird's-eye view of Malta. The Turkish fleet is approaching. In the midst of clouds God the Father, Christ and four saints. Italian text in the bottom margin. Numbered lower right: Fog. III.
The attack of the Turks on Malta. Bird's-eye view of Malta. The Turkish fleet is approaching. In the midst of clouds God the Father, Christ and four saints. Italian text in the bottom margin. Numbered lower right: Fog. III.
On a stage, a group of men behold a strangled Turk and a headless monarch. On the right is a man with a sword, possibly the executioner. Spectators stand in front of the stage and two mourning putti sit on either side of a cartouche with the title of the book.
On a stage, a group of men behold a strangled Turk and a headless monarch. On the right is a man with a sword, possibly the executioner. Spectators stand in front of the stage and two mourning putti sit on either side of a cartouche with the title of the book.
Fight between Habsburgs and Turks. Turks are vanquished. In the center the Polish king Jan III Sobieski. This print is No. 9 in a series of prints for 'Relation succinte et veritable de tout ce qui s'est passé pendant le Siege de Vienne etc.'
Fight between Habsburgs and Turks. Turks are vanquished. In the center the Polish king Jan III Sobieski. This print is No. 9 in a series of prints for 'Relation succinte et veritable de tout ce qui s'est passé pendant le Siege de Vienne etc.'
Conquered Turks kneel before Leopold II, who has taken Kara Musataf's army tent. This print is No. 10 in a series of prints for 'Relation succinte et veritable de tout ce qui s'est passé pendant le Siege de Vienne etc.'
Conquered Turks kneel before Leopold II, who has taken Kara Musataf's army tent. This print is No. 10 in a series of prints for 'Relation succinte et veritable de tout ce qui s'est passé pendant le Siege de Vienne etc.'
Vladislaus Wasa, king of Poland, defeats the Turks and Tartars at Kamjanets-Podilsky in Ukraine. Coat of arms and four lines of Latin text in bottom margin.
Vladislaus Wasa, king of Poland, defeats the Turks and Tartars at Kamjanets-Podilsky in Ukraine. Coat of arms and four lines of Latin text in bottom margin.
Battle between Habsburgs and Turks in the Viennese forest. This print is No. 7 in a series of prints for 'Relation succinte et veritable de tout ce qui s'est passé pendant le Siege de Vienne etc.'
Battle between Habsburgs and Turks in the Viennese forest. This print is No. 7 in a series of prints for 'Relation succinte et veritable de tout ce qui s'est passé pendant le Siege de Vienne etc.'
Victory of Duke Charles V of Lorraine and Margrave Louis William of Baden-Baden over the Turks near Nagyharsany, Hungary on August 12, 1687. Landscape with Turkish tent camps and fighting troops everywhere. In the middle, diagonally, a bridge that leads to Osijek (Eszék) with Turkish fleeing on it. The letters and numbers in the picture refer to a missing legend. Bottom part of the print has been cut off.
Victory of Duke Charles V of Lorraine and Margrave Louis William of Baden-Baden over the Turks near Nagyharsany, Hungary on August 12, 1687. Landscape with Turkish tent camps and fighting troops everywhere. In the middle, diagonally, a bridge that leads to Osijek (Eszék) with Turkish fleeing on it. The letters and numbers in the picture refer to a missing legend. Bottom part of the print has been cut off.
Bellona, the goddess of war, leads the imperial forces against the Turks. She blows her horn and holds a scourge and spear in hand. Behind her is Mercury. On the banner the coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire.
Bellona, the goddess of war, leads the imperial forces against the Turks. She blows her horn and holds a scourge and spear in hand. Behind her is Mercury. On the banner the coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Turk
    A member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia, etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in Turkey.
  2. Turk
    A Muslim; 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."
  3. Turk
    A native or inhabitant of Turkey.
  4. Turk
    (Zoöl) The plum weevil. See Curculio, and Plum weevil, under Plum.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) turk
    A bark-beetle. Tomicus typographus, so called in old German works.
  2. (n) turk
    An abbreviation of Turkey;
  3. (n) turk
    of Turkish.
  4. (n) turk
    A member of the race now dominant in Turkey; an Ottoman. See Ottoman.
  5. (n) turk
    In an extended sense, a member of a race regarded as related to the Mongols, and a branch of the Ural-Altaic family. In this sense the Turkish race includes the Petchenegs, Uzbegs, Turkomans, Ottoman Turks, etc.
  6. (n) turk
    A savage fellow; a “Tartar”: as, he is a regular Turkish
  7. (n) turk
    A Mohammedan: so called from Mohammedanism being the established religion of Turkey.
  8. (n) turk
    A sword or saber, probably a simitar.
  9. (n) turk
    A Turkish horse.
  10. (n) turk
    In entomology, the plum-weevil or plum-curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar: more fully little Turk: so called from the crescentic punctures made by the female, in allusion to the emblem of the Ottoman empire. See cut d under Conotrachclus.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Turk
    turk a native of Turkey, an Ottoman—more widely, a member of a race formerly classed among the 'Turanian' peoples, now more usual to say, of the Mongolo-Tartar ethnological group, and speaking languages of the Ural-Altaic family: a savage fellow: a Mohammedan: a Turkish horse: the plum-weevil or curculio
  2. (n) Turk
    the language of the Turks
Idioms

Young Turk - A Young Turk is a young person who is rebellious and difficult to control in a company, team or organisation.

Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Per. Turk,; probably of Tartar origin: cf. F. Turc,

Usage in the news

Anxious Turks suspect US plot is behind Syria's implosion. csmonitor.com

News -> INDReporter FRI, MAY 18 5:28PM by Leslie Turk. theind.com

Turks & Caicos / Dive Provo . sportdiver.com

News -> INDReporter MON, JUL 30 12:50PM by Leslie Turk. theind.com

Recount confirms Turks & Caicos election results. adn.com

Turk had retired from Consol Energy after 28 years and was a member of UMWA Local 9909 of Fairmont. timeswv.com

News -> INDReporter FRI, JAN 13 12:50PM by Leslie Turk. theind.com

Grillo, Karen F Turk, Gill Menna, Goodwin Procter LLP. metrocorpcounsel.com

News -> INDReporter TUE, MAR 15 10:38AM by Leslie Turk. theind.com

The INDsider -> Leslie Turk TUE, FEB 3, 2009 @ 3:36AM by Leslie Turk. theind.com

News -> INDReporter TUE, MAR 20, 2012 @ 10:55AM by Leslie Turk. theind.com

INDExtra -> INDExtra SUN, JAN 30, 2011 @ 8:27PM by Leslie Turk. theind.com

ABiz -> Acadiana Business TUE, DEC 27, 2011 @ 12:40PM by Leslie Turk. theind.com

News -> INDReporter FRI, OCT 15, 2010 @ 2:56PM by Leslie Turk. theind.com

Yes, the sand at Grace Bay beach, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos, is incredible—white, soft and fine. recommend.com

Usage in scientific papers

Stukow, Conjugacy classes of finite subgroups of certain mapping class groups, Turk. J.
Small torsion generating sets for hyperelliptic mapping class groups

The effects of this uncertainty have recently been studied by Turk et al. (2011).
The First Stars

This issue was addressed briefly in Turk et al. (2011), who showed that the two approximations yielded similar values for fτ for densities n < 1015 cm−3 during the initial collapse of the gas, with differences of at most a factor of two.
The First Stars

Turk et al., 2011), but it is unclear to what extent these reflect real differences between numerical approaches as opposed to natural variation in the details of the collapse.
The First Stars

It is unclear whether simulations that include this effect would produce dense gas with such a wide range of temperatures and accretion rates, although a study that is currently being carried out by Turk and collaborators should address this issue in the near future (M.
The First Stars

Usage in literature

The Turks had been forewarned what to expect. "The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8)" by Various

And if Abdul dare not break with Germany it is only because he is not yet ready to defy the Young Turk party. "The Dark Star" by Robert W. Chambers

You are no Arab or Turk. "The Saracen: Land of the Infidel" by Robert Shea

Frank attended assiduously to the mastiff, to whom he gave the name of Turk. "Captain Bayley's Heir:" by G. A. Henty

The war was at this period carried on with unexampled barbarity, both by the Greeks and Turks. "Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845" by Various

The Turk was still in the uniform and jewelled turban which he had donned for the reception at the palace. "The Traitors" by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

But Turk as Turks go, he "places it under the cushion," when they leave. "The Book of Khalid" by Ameen Rihani

It also inspired a healthy respect among the Turks for enemy submarines. "The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8)"

Beginning with the end of March, 1916, the Turks also launched a series of strong counterattacks along the coastal front. "The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8)"

The idea at the time was to treat it passively, so long as the Turks did not molest British Moslems on pilgrimage to Mecca. "With Manchesters in the East" by Gerald B. Hurst

Usage in poetry
I vonder if dose Dardanelles,
Can shtop der allied fleet,
Somedimes to me dere's someting tells,
Maype dose Turks get peat.
"Hans Begins To Wonder" by Abner Cosens
I'd go to the unspeakable Turk,
Among the Armenian strife;
And ask them how from conscience clear,
They still took human life.
"The Trip I Would Like to Take" by Frank Barbour Coffin
Wars have already been, 'tis plain,
Betwixt the Turk and Christian train,
Nor does the talk of wars yet cease:
May God, to those he loves, give peace!
"Concerning The End Of The World" by Rees Prichard
"This to thy weazand, Christian pest!"
Aloud the Turk in frenzy yelled it,
And drove right through the doctor's chest
The sabre and the hand that held it.
"Ben Allah Achmet, or, the Fatal Tum" by William Schwenck Gilbert Author object (717)
This Turk he had one only daughter,
The fairest my two eyes eer see;
She steal the keys of her father's prison,
And swore Lord Bateman she would let go free.
"The Loving Ballad Of Lord Bateman" by Andrew Lang Author object (36)
When she is by, I leave my work,
I love her so sincerely; My master comes like any Turk,
And bangs me most severely: But let him bang his bellyful,
I'll bear it all for Sally; She is the darling of my heart,
And she lives in our alley.
"Sally In Our Alley" by Henry Carey