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▪ I. turr, v. Obs. or dial. Also 5 turre. [Origin unascertained.] intr. and trans. To butt, as a ram; to push down by butting. Hence turr n. dial.
a1400–50Alexander 5567 Neddirs..hedously hoge & horned as Tupis Þai turred doun of his tulkis & with þar tyndis sloȝe. 1483Cath. Angl. 398/1 To Turre, arietare, est enim Arietum & aliorum animalium. 1886Cunliffe Rochdale Gloss. 93 Turr, to butt with the head. A beast possessing this vicious habit is said to have ‘th turr ith head’. ▪ II. turr, n. Newfoundland.|tɜː(r)| Also † tuir, turrh. [Prob. imit.] = murre.
1794A. Thomas Newfoundland Jrnl. (1968) x. 144 Here are..Penguins, Hegdowns, Muirs and Tuirs, Ice Birds..and a number of other Sea Fowl. 1853Trans. Lit. & Hist. Soc. Quebec IV. 334 Among the sea birds are Mernettes, Moyocks, Gulls,..Turrhs, Paraquets, Penguins, and divers others. 1960L. M. Tuck Murres 34 A common vernacular name for the murre in Newfoundland is ‘turr’. 1974Nat. Geographic Jan. 122/2 The seabirds here called stearin, turr, and tickle-ace are the birds known elsewhere as tern, murre, and kittiwake. ▪ III. turr Sc. form of turf. |