Obs. [app. f. TURKISH a.: cf. TURKESS(E v.] trans. To transform, esp. for the worse; to pervert; to turn into something different.
1560. Daus, trans. Sleidane’s Comm., 142 b. He [Cardinal Poole] sayeth how the Turkyshed seede is sowen abroade in England and in Germany, signifiyng the doctrine that is contrary to the byshop of Rome.
1596. Harington, Ulysses upon Ajax (1814), 62. Away with this serious talk, let us turkish this text into a merrier colour.
1607. R. C[arew], trans. Estienne’s World of Wonders, 19. Turkishing the storie, or (to speak more properly) turning it into a meere fable.
