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Turcas, Turkas, n. Also: turcase, -ace, turkase, -is, -e(i)s, -ose, -ische, twrkes, turques, tourkas, -es. [ME and e.m.E. turkeis (Trevisa), tourques (1530), turkas (1551), turcois (1567), OF turqueise, -quaise, MDu. turcoys, turckois, med. L. turchīnus.]

1. A turquoise, the precious stone. Also coll. 1459 Exch. R. VI 548.
Per signum annuli cum turkose missi a domino rege 1488 Treas. Acc. I 81.
A ryng with a turcas 1488 Treas. Acc. I 84.
Turcacis 1500 Acta Conc. II 429.
Ane gret reng of gold with ane great turkes 1511–12 Treas. Acc. IV 331.
For ringis to the king … ane diamond, … ane ruby, ane turkas 1539–40 Treas. Acc. VII 278.
Turques 1540 Acta Conc. MS XIII 83a.
v ringis of gold with four rubeis & ane orient turkes 1579 Inv. Wardrobe 279.
Ane cheinyie … maid with … sparkis of turkassis … and … little knappis betuix thame 1596 Dalr. I 24/6.
In Landien land … and … in vthir prouinces with ws ar funde gemis, … to wit the turques, the adamant, the rubie [etc.] 1649 Wemyss Chart. 234.
Ane hingeir seitt uith tourkasiscoll. 1535 Stewart 37597.
Mony pretius stone, As jesp, jasink, and margaretis … With turcas, topas, and with amerandis a1568 Scott xiv 11.
Behaild how far … Turkas, topas, marbill, or margareit, Exceidis the barrat stonis in the streit

2. attrib., also ellipt. Turcas ring, a ring set with a turquoise. Turcas stone, = 1 above.(1) 1586 Edinb. Test. XVI 343b.
The said testant … leiffis to … hir sone of law hir turkes ring 1610 Edinb. Test. XLVI 174b.
My turcas ring set in gould 1630 Edinb. Test. LV 3b.
Ane blew turkische ring pryce xx li. 1644 11th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. vi 57.
I leiue … to my grand chayld … ane tourkes ring 1646 Edinb. Test. LXII 148b.
Ane blew turkis ring 1681 Fam. Rose 372.
The twrkes ringellipt. 1607 Edinb. Test. XLII 364a.
Tua gold rings the ane thairof ane dyamont and the vther ane turkase(2) 1566 Crawford Mun. Invent. II 89 (22 May).
Ane vthir ring with ane blew turcase stane 1571 Cal. Sc. P. IV 69.
Caus mak ane propir ring with a turcas stone, and wreit within it, Pro principe 1595 Prot. Bk. J. Robertsone 55a.
Ane ryng of gold with ane blew turcas stane in the samenellipt. 1530 Ex. Processes (Reg. H.) No. viii (Young v. Seytoun).
ij gold ryngis sett wytht turkeis & rubye stanyis