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Pronunciation : Tour"ney
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OF. tornei, tornoi, F. tournoi, fr. OF. torneier, tornoier, tournoier, to tit, to tourney, F. tournoyer to turn round and round. See Turn, v. t.]
Definition : Defn: A tournament. Bacon. At tilt or tourney or like warlike game. Spenser. We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, And there is scantly time for half the work. Tennyson.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tour"ney
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf.OF. torneier. See Tourney, n. ]
Definition : Defn: To perform in tournaments; to tilt. Well could he tourney, and in lists debate. Spenser.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913