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Definition of Turkises
1. turkis [n] - See also: turkis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turkises
Literary usage of Turkises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1880)
"To his cradle " From afar came merchant men, Bringing, on tidings of this birth,
rich gifts In golden trays ; goat shawls and nard and jade turkises, ..."
2. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1880)
"To his cradle " From afar caino merchant men, Bringing, on tidings of this birth,
rich gifts In golden trays ; goat shawls and nard and jade turkises, ..."
3. The Industrial Arts of India by George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood (1884)
"Moreover from afar came merchantmen, Bringing, on tidings of his birth, rich
gifts, In golden trays ; goat shawls, and nard and jade, turkises ' evening ..."
4. A History of Hindu Civilisation During British Rule by Pramatha Náth Bose (1894)
"... from afar came merchant men, Bringing, on tidings of his birth, rich gifts In
golden trays—goat shawls, and nard and jade, turkises 'evening sky' tint, ..."
5. The Light of Asia Or The Great Renunciation. (Mahâbhinishkramana): Being the by Edwin Arnold (1880)
"Moreover from afar came merchant-men, Bringing, on tidings of this birth, rich
gifts In golden trays; goat-shawls, and nard and jade, turkises, ..."
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