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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Turk's-head, n.
 1. Naut. A knot of turbanlike form  worked on a rope with a piece of small line.
 2.  (a) The melon cactus. [West Indies] (b) Any of several species of Echinocactus. [California]
 3.  A long-handled, round-headed broom for sweeping ceilings, etc. [Colloq. or Dial.]
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