a. Obs. rare. [a. It turchesco, = obs. F. turquesque (Cotgr.).] = TURKISH.
1584. W. Barret, in Hakluyt, Voy. (1599), II. I. 272. The said danine is of siluer, hauing the Turkesco stampe on both sides, and 2 and a halfe of these make a Saie,… in value as the Saie of Aleppo.
