Turn ::
Turn (n.) An
embellishment or grace
(marked thus, /),
commonly consisting of the
principal note, or that on which the turn is made, with the note
above, and the
semitone below, the note above being
sounded first, the
principal note next, and the
semitone below last, the three being
performed quickly, as a
triplet preceding the
marked note. The turn may be
inverted so as to begin with the lower note, in which case the sign is
either placed on end thus /, or drawn thus /..
Q ::
Q () the
seventeenth letter of the
English alphabet, has but one sound (that of k), and is
always followed by u, the two
letters together being
sounded like kw,
except in some words in which the u is
silent. See Guide to
Pronunciation, / 249. Q is not found in
Anglo-Saxon, cw being used
instead of qu; as in cwic,
quick; cwen,
queen. The name (k/) is from the
French ku, which is from the Latin name of the same
letter; its form is from the
Latin, which
derived it,
through a Greek
alphabet, from th