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Definition of Turquoises
1. turquois [n] - See also: turquois
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turquoises
Literary usage of Turquoises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sport and Politics Under an Eastern Sky by Lawrence John Lumley Dundas Zetland (1902)
"Leh again—The bazaar—Curios—Tibetan turquoises—Interview with a ... and skins;
Hindus with cloth and finery from Delhi; Tibetans with turquoises, drugs, ..."
2. Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara: In the Years 1843-1845, to Ascertain the by Joseph Wolff (1845)
"Conversation with People of Samarcand; they tell Dr. Wolff of Gold Mines and
turquoises near Samarcand ; of Ghengis Khan and Tamerlane. ..."
3. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1899)
"On his way, he met Sonora Indians, returning from the north, who explained that
they had been to Cibola to get turquoises and cow ..."
4. Russia by Astolphe Custine (1854)
"Badly chosen Sue.—Commercial Credit of the Serfs—their Modeof Calculating.— Bad
Faith of the Nobles.—Prices of Merchandise —turquoises of the ..."
5. Russia by Astolphe Custine (1855)
"Badly chosen Site.—Commercial Credit of the Serfs — their Mode of calculating.—Bad
Faith of the Nobles.—Prices of Merchandise.—turquoises of the ..."
6. Retrospect of Philosophical, Mechanical, Chemical, and Agricultural Discoveries (1810)
"On turquoises, urinary Calculi, artificial Tannin, and a new Reagent for ...
LAGRANGE announced that the colouring matter of turquoises is phosphate of iron ..."
7. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1899)
"On his way, he met Sonora Indians, returning from the north, who explained that
they had been to Cibola to get turquoises and cow ..."
8. The Emir of Bokhara and His Country: Journeys and Studies in Bokhara (with a by Ole Olufsen (1911)
"... horse trappings mounted with plates of gold and decorated with turquoises.
From the left to the right: head-gear, ornament for the neck, fore and hind ..."
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